George  Washington  Flowers 
Memorial  Collection 

DUKE  UNIVERSITY  LIBRARY 


ESTABLISHED  BY  THE 
FAMILY  OF 

COLONEL  FLOWERS 


A  HISTORY 

OF 

Two  Virginia  Families 

« 

TRANSPLANTED  FROM 


COUNTY  KENT,  ENGLAND 


THOMAS  BAYTOP 

TENTERDEN 

- —I 

1638  . 

JIND 

L'  ■ 

JOHN  CATLETT 

SITTINGBOURNE 

1622 


3Y 

DR.  AND  MRS.  WILLIAM  CARTER  STUBBS 
NEW  ORLEANS.  LA.  " 


TO  THE  MEMOEY  OF  MY  GEANDPAEENTS, 


CAPT.  JAMES  BAYTOP, 

OF  SPRINGFIELD,  GLOUCESTER  COUNTY,  VIRGINIA, 

AND  HIS  WIFE, 

LUCY  TALIAFEREO  CATLETT, 

OF  “TIMBEENECK,''’  GLOUCESTER  COUNTY,  VIRGINIA, 

THIS  PAMPHLET 
IS  MOST  LOVINGLY  DEDICATED. 


William  Carter  Stubbs. 


PREFACE, 


For  many  years  the  author  of  this  pam2)lilet  has  been  collecting 
data  relative  to  the  Catlett  family  of  the  United  States.  So  far 
as  our  extensive  investigations  have  been  made,  the  only  immigrants 
of  this  name  to  this  country  at  any  time  were  Col.  John  and  his 
two  minor  sons,  Xieholas  and  Thomas,  who  came  over  in  1650  and 
settled  on  the  Eappahaunock  Kiver  in  A^irginia.  Therefore  every 
one  bearing  this  name  must  trace  his  descent  back  to  Col.  John 
or  his  two  minor  sons.  Mr.  W.  G.  Stannard,  Editor  of  the  Virginia 
Historical  Magazine  and  Secretary  of  the  Virginia  Historical  So¬ 
ciety — the  highest  authority  on  Virginia  genealogies — entertains 
the  same  opinion.  With  this  opinion,  every  one  bearing  this  name, 
wherever  found,  has  been  requested  by  letter  (sometimes  several), 
to  give  all  the  information  possessed  or  obtainable,  of  her  or  his 
branch  and  its  history.  Alany  of  these  letters  are  still  unanswered, 
and  therefore  no  additional  information  obtained.  It  is  reasonably 
certain  that  a  goodly  number  of  families  of  this  name  scattered 
throughout  the  country  are  still  unrevealed,  and  therefore  cannot 
be  named  in  these  pages. 

In  all,  several  hundred  letters  have  been  w'ritten  and  many 
responses  obtained.  In  addition,  court  records,  land  books  and 
family  Bibles — yes,  even  cemeteries,  with  their  almost  forgotten 
tombstones — have  been  levied  upon  for  information.  With  all 
these  aids,  much  valuable  data  have  been  collected  and  arranged, 
and,  while  thoroughly  conscious  of  incompleteness,  it  is  deemed 
best  to  publish  what  has  been  obtained. 

When  this  investigation  began  it  was  deemed  an  easy  task.  Since 
beyond  our  immediate  branch,  few  members  of  the  Catlett  names 
were  known  to  us,  but,  as  our  researches  extended,  family  after 
family,  branch  after  branch,  were  revealed,  until  our  correspondence 
extended  to  nearly  every  State  in  the  Union.  With  the  revelations 
already  made,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  the  number  of  descendants  of 
the  original  immigrant.  Col.  John  Catlett,  now  living  in  this 
country  reach  far  into  thousands.  The  name  is  purely  English, 


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Preface. 


derived  from  Catt’s  lot — upon  which  the  first  of  the  name  settled — 
passing  through  the  various  changes  :  Catts’  lot — Catelot — Catlett. 
Its  history  is  given  in  the  extracts  from  English  records  published 
elsewhere. 

It  is  impossible  to  give  the  names  of  all  those  who  have  aided  us 
in  this  work,  since  their  number  is  too  large,  but  we  wish  to  return 
here  grateful  thanks  to  every  one  who  has  contributed  in  any  way 
towards  the  accomplishment  of  the  work  herein  presented.  The 
hope  is  entertained  that  the  recital  of  the  deeds  and  virtues  of  our 
ancestors  ma}'  inspire  every  living  member  with  fresh  determination 
to  excel  in  every  good  work  which  goes  to  make  “perfect  men  and 


women; 


THE  IMMIGRANT. 


Col.  John  Catlett  came  in  1(550  to  Itappahainiock  connty,  Vir¬ 
ginia  (now  Essex  connty),  from  Sittingbonrne,  Connty  Kent,  Eng¬ 
land,  naming  the  parish  in  which  he  located  for  Sittingbonrne,  his 
birthplace.  His  home  place,  “Green  IliU  ”  was  at  the  month  of 
Golden  Vale  Creek  (now  Essex  county).  With  him  came  his  son, 
Nicholas  Catlett,  and  half-brothers,  Ealph  and  Edward  Eowzie, 
followed  later  by  his  son,  Thomas  Catlett.  (See  patents.).  Catherine 
and  Sarah  Eowzie,  wife  and  sister  of  Ealph  Eowzie,  came  later  as 
headrights  of  Capt.  Thomas  Lucas. 

English  Eecords. 

The  family  was  seated  in  County  Kent,  England,  as  early  as 
1464,  when  John  Catelot  becpieathed  “fourpence  for  the  light  stand¬ 
ing  in  the  middle  of  Bearsted  Church  before  the  high  cross.”  The 
will  of  John  Catlott,  1499,  bequeathed  twenty  shillings  to  the 
reparation  of  the  steeple  of  Bearsted  Church. 

The  Virginia  Historical  Magazine  contains  the  following  from 
the  TIistorg  of  County  Kent,  England,  printed  by  Harris  in  1917, 
in  three  volumes : 

“Catts  Place,  with  the  manor  belonging  thereto,  called  Catletts, 
otherwise  Salmon,  is  situated  in  Brenchley  parish,  about  a  mile 
northward  from  Brenchley  Town,  but  within  the  Hundred  of  Twy- 
ford,  being  held  of  the  manor  of  Yalding.  The  mansion  was 
anciently  the  residence  of  Hugh  de  Catte,  from  whom  it  acquired 
its  name.  His  descendants  continued  to  possess  it  until  the  Eeign 
of  Henry  VI  (1442).  (Vol.  Ill ,  223.) 

“Sittingbonrne  lies  about  the  middle  of  the  north  side  of  Kent, 
in  the  road  between  Eochester  and  Canterbury,  and  about  a  mile 
southward  from  IMilton,  in  the  Bailiwick  and  Hundred  of  Milton. 

It  is  the  Deanery  of  Sittingbonrne  and  Diocese  of  Canterbury,  a 
Vicarage  valued  in  the  King’s  Books  at  £10  per  annum.  The 
church,  a  large  and  handsome  building  in  good  repair,  is  dedicated 
to  St.  Michael.  In  it  are  several  ^lemorials  of  the  name  of  Cate- 
let.  (Vol.  I,  p.  28Jf.)” 

History  of  County  Kent,  Hasted^  Vol.  II,  360,  contains  the 
following : 

“Catts  Place,  with  the  manor  belonging  to  it,  called  Cutlet’s 
Salmon,  is  likewise  situated  in  Brenchley  parish,  yitliin  the  Hun¬ 
dred  of  Twyford.  The  mansion,  situated  about  a  north  from 
the  village  of  Brenchley,  was  anciently  the  residence  of  Hugh  de  ' 
Catte,  who  implanted  his  name  upon  it.  His.  dysjcendants  eou-,  JA. 


2  Descendants  of  Cot.  John  Catlett. 

tinned  in  possession  nntil  the  Eeign  of  King  Henry  VI”  (1442) 
(page  369). 

‘■Lawrence  Catlote,  of  the  parish  of  Great  Chart,  by  his  will, 
proved  14()9,  devised  his  messuage  called  The  Place,  in  Chart 
street,  on  the  death  of  Joane,  his  wife,  to  John,  son  of  Nicholas 
Phylipp.  *  *  About  the  same  time,  Eowland  Clarke  sold 

twenty-one  acres  to  Williani  Catlett,  who.  Trinity  Term,  Anno 
4th  Elizabeth  (1562),  levied  a  fine  of  his  estate  here.  He  died. 
Anno  5th  Elizabeth,  possessed  of  100  acres  of  land  and  twenty  acres 
of  wood  in  this  parish  (Tong),  of  which  Thomas,  his  son,  levied  a 
fine  in  Easter  term.  Anno  5th  Elizabeth  (1563).  Eowland  Clarke 
sold  a  moiety  of  this  manor  only.”  (Hasted’ s  Kent,  Vol.  II,  page 
GOJ,.) 

The  Virginia  Historical  Magazine,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  63,  contains  the 
following  from  Chancerg  Proceedings,  Charles  I,  C.  C.  39,  20th 
April,  16J,S: 

“Humbly  complaining,  sheweth  unto  y’e  honour  yo’r  orrators : 
George  Catlett  ye  elder,  of  Blackwell,  in  County  Middlesex,  gent., 
Judefh  Catlett,  Thomas  Catlett,  William  and  Edward  Catlett, 
sonnes  of  ye  s’d  Judeth  and  of  Thomas  Catlett,  late  of  Sitting- 
bourne,  in  ye  County  of  Kent,  deceased,  by  .ye  s’d  Judeth  Catlett, 
their  mother  and  guardian,  George  Catlett  ye  younger,  of  Sand¬ 
wich,  in  ye  County  of  Kent,  marriner,  and  John  Catlett,  sonne  of 
John  Catlett  ye  younger,  yo’r  orrators,  George  Catlett  ye  elder,  and 
Thomas  Catlett,  deceased,  George  Catlett  ye  younger,  being  all 
sonnes  of  John  Catlett'ye  elder,  late  of  Sittingbourne,  in  ye  County 
of  Kent  aforesaid,  gentleman,  deceased, — 

“Whereas,  heretofore,  yt.  abt.  Easter,  1646,  George  Catlett  ye 
elder,  and  Thomas  Catlett,  George  Catlett,  j^e  younger,  and  John 
Catlett  ye  younger,  did  exhibit  their  Bill  of  Complaynt  against 
Silvester  Herlakenden  and  Eoger  Herlakenden,  thereby  shewing 
yt.  Walter  Herlakenden,  late  of  Mole  Ashe,  in  County  Kent,  gent., 
deceased,  father  of  the  s’d  Silvester  and  Eoger,  was  lawfully  seized 
in  his  demesne  as  of  fee  in  ye  manor  of  Uston,  with  all  ye  lands 
and  tenements  thereunto  belonging,  lying  and  being  in  ye  several 
parishes  of  Tunstell  Borden,  Milton  als  Middleton,  and  Sitting- 
bourne  in  County  Kent,  and  also  of  and  in  all  ye  tenement  called 
Sollimans,  and  lands  thereunto  belonging  to  Tunstall  afs’d,  and 
also  of  certaine  lands  in  greate  Sittingbourne  field,  contayning  32 
acres  in  one  close,  3  orchards,  and  certayne  lands  in  Milton,  con¬ 
tayning  20  acres  and  of  and  in  other  houses  and  yeards  in  ye  Borth 
street  in  Milton,  and  of  one  messuage  and  marsh  landes  and  tene¬ 
ments  belonging  in  Brensett  in  ye  s’d  county;  and  ye  s’d  IValter 

Herlakendon,  being  thereof  seized  by  Indenture  12th  July . 

conveyed  unto  John  Catlett  ye  elder,  for  security  of  £69,  all  his 
estate,  title,  interest  in  ye  manor  of  Hston,  on  condition  neverthe¬ 
less  that  is  Katherine  Trollop,  widdowe,  her  ex’orr  or  assigns,  or 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett 


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ye  s’d  Walter  Harlakendon,  his  ex’orr  and  assigns,  pay  unto  John 
Catlett  ye  elder,  his  heires  and  assigns,  in  ye  South  Porch  of  ye 
Church  of  Sittingbourne  ye  some  of  £69,  in  instalments  at  certain 
tymes,  ye  s’d  Indenture  sh’d  be  voyd,  and  your  complanients 
shewed  that  noe  part  of  the  said  money  was  paid,  and  the  property 
descended  unto  ye  complainents,  George  Catlett  ,ye  elder,  Thomas 
Catlett,  deceased,  George  Catlett  ye  younger,  and  to  John  Catlett 
ye  younger,  father  of  ye  compl’t,  John  Catlett.”  [This  last  was  John 
Catlett,  of  Virginia.] 


John  Catlett,  ye  elder,  of  Sittingbourne, 

County  Kent,  Gent. — Issue : 

_ A _ _ _ 

George"  Catlett,  John“  Catlett,  Thomas’’  Catlett,  George  Catlett, 


ye  elder,  of  Blackwell,  ye  younger,  was  dead 
in  County  of  Midttle-  1624,  when  his 

sex,  gent.,  and  living  widow,  Sarah,  mar- 

in  1648.  ried  (II)  Lodowick 

(Chancery  Suit.)  Rowzie,  of  Ashford, 

aged  36,  b}'  whom 
were  Ralph,  Edward 
and  Sarah  Rowzie. 

-A  son, 

_ x__ _ 

John’  C.vtlett, 
bom  about  1622,  came 
to  Virginia  in  1650 
with  Ralph  and  Ed¬ 
ward  Rowzie,  and 
sons,  Nicholas  and 
Thomas  Catlett,  and 
settled  on  the  Rap¬ 
pahannock  River. 


of  Sittingbourne,  was  ye  younger,  of  Sand- 
dead  in  1648 ;  wife,  wich,  in  ye  County 

Judith,  was  daughter  of  Kent,  Mariner, 

of  Gawen  Heard,  of  Living  in  1646. 
Maston,  County 
Kent. 

Their  son, 


Thomas’  Catlett, 
of  Hollingbourne, 

County  Kent.,  gent., 
living  in  1663  (Visi¬ 
tation  of  Kent).  Mar¬ 
ried  Elizabeth,  daugh¬ 
ter  of  Thomas 
Thatcher,  of  Ilolling- 
bourne. 

, - * - , 

Thomas,  Elizabeth.  Judith. 

Son  and  heir, 
aged  four  in 
1663. 

This  line  of  “Thomas’  ’’  is  from  the  Visita¬ 
tion  of  Kent,  1663. 


CATLETT. 

Hon.  Armistead  Churchill  Gordon,  LL.  D.,  of  Staunton,  Va.,  has 
kindly  furnished  the  following  for  insertion  here: 

“In  August,  1910,  at  the  request  of  E.  H.  Catlett,  Jr.,  I  wrote  to 
Leo  Cullerton,  genealogist  and  searcher,  92  Piccadilly,  London, 
W.,  asking  him  to  make  a  search  for  the  armorial  bearings  of  the 
Catletts  of  Sittingbourne,  County  Kent,  England.  The  following 
shows  the  result  of  this  investigation: 

“  ^92  Piccadilly,  London,  W., 

28  September,  1910. 

“  ‘Dear  Sir — Wy  investigation  shows  a  pedigree  of  Catlett,  of 
Sittingbourne,  County  Kent,  recorded  in  1663,  when  the  Heralds 
visited  the  county  in  order  to  ]nit  on  record  the  families  of  stand¬ 
ing  and  armorial  hearings  they  were  using  (if  with  authority). 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


“  'The  Catlett  family  recorded  their  pedigree,  but  evidently  they 
claimed  no  arms,  for  none  are  found  in  connection  with  this  record. 
I  have  carried  my  researches  over  a  good  field,  including  a  large 
number  of  Kentish  references,  and  the  results  are  interesting  from 
a  genealogical  point  of  view,  but  disappointing  from  the  heraldic 
point  of  view.  Yours  faithfully, 

“  ‘Leo  Cullerton. 

“  ‘To  Arniistead  C.  Gordon,  Esq., 

Staunton,  Virginia,  U.  S.  A.^  ” 

The  enclosures  with  the  foregoing  letter  of  Mr.  Cullerton  in¬ 
cluded  a  transcript  of  the  Herald’s  Visitation,  which  is  copied  on 
the  following  page;  a  transcript  of  Canterhurij  Marriage  Licenses, 
1568-1750,  containing  Catletts;  a  transcript  of  Marriages  at  All 
Saints’  Maidstone  (Kent),  1542-1754;  of  Catlett’s  “Testanienta 
Cantiana” ;  “Intrantes  of  Canterhurij,”  1392-1592”;  “Freemen  of 
Canterhurij,”  1392-1800,  containing  Catlett  names,  together  with 
Catlett  extracts  from  the  Registers  of  St.  George’s,  Canterhurij, 
1538-1800. 

The  Canterbury  Marriage  Licenses  contain,  among  others,  the 
following : 

“1626:  Sept.  19.  Lodwiek  Eowzie,  of  Ashford,  Doctor  of 
Physic,  bachelor,  about  36,  and  Sarah  Catlet,  of  St.  Peter’s,  Canter¬ 
bury,  widow,  about  24,  relict  of  John  Catlett,  late  of  Sittingbourne, 
gentleman,  deceased,  at  Bettersden.” 

The  following  seems  to  be  the  earliest  recorded  appearance  of 
the  name  in  Kent,  as  shown  by  these  papers : 

Testamenta. 

“1464.  In  the  will  of  John  Catelot,  he  leaves  4d.  for  the  light 
standing  in  the  middle  of  Bearsted  Church,  before  the  High  Cross. 

“1499.  John  Catlott  bequests  20s.  to  the  reparation  of  the  steeple 
of  Bearsted  Church.” 


Marriages  at  All  Saints’ ,  Maidstone,  15^2-17 SJf.. 


1624.  Oct.  7. 

1631.  Oct.  24. 
1654.  June  15. 

1679.  Jiine  17. 
1731.  Jan.  6. 
1748.  Mar.  19. 


Joseph  Nepleton  [of  Faversham]  and  Dorothie 
Catlet  [of  West  Yarleigh]  Licence. 

William  Catlet,  of  Upchurch,  to  Dorothie  Wood. 
Edward  Catlet,  of  Gravesend,  and  Patience  Bing¬ 
ham,  of  Boughton  Monchalsey. 

Andrew  Catlett  and  Jane  Boone. 

Joseph  Fisher  and  Jane  Catlid. 

Nicholas  Eawlings  and  Frances  Catlett. 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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ViHGlXIA  KeCORDS. 

John  Catlett  and  Edward  Dudley,  1G54,  collected  the  levies  of 
Lancaster  County,  and  in  1(558  he  witnessed  the  olographic  will 
of  Kichard  Lawson  (Virginin  Historical  Magazine,  V,  159),  in 
which  he  bequeathed  “another  heifer”  to  J anies  Gaines.  ( Ibid.  261^.) 

“John  Catlett,  gent.,”  in  lG6(i  established  the  rights  of  his  wife’s 
son,  Francis  Slaughter,  to  Indian  lands.  (Virginia  Historical 
^Magazine,  XVII,  243.) 

Col.  John  Catlett  was  vestryman  of  Sittingbourne  parish,  colonel 
of  militia  and  presiding  justice  of  Eappahannock  county,  1665, 
and  with  Edmund  Scarborough  and  Eichard  Lawrence  in  1663  was 
commissioner  to  settle  the  boundary  line  between  Virginia  and 
Maryland. 

In  1668  Gov.  Berkeley  wrote  to  ]\Iajor  General  Eobert  Smith 
commanding  the  militia  in  this  district,  concerning  the  depreda¬ 
tions  of  the  Northern  Indians,  and  recommended  that  they  be  de¬ 
stroyed  and  the  women  and  children  sold  as  slaves  to  defra}^  the 
expense.  This  letter,  forwarded  to  the  justices  of  Eappahannock 
county,  received  the  following  reply: 

“We  intend,  with  the  assistance  of  Almighty  God,  liy  the  strength 
of  our  Northern  part,  utterly  to  destroy  and  eradicate  without 
further  incroachment  than  the  ‘spoyles  of  our  enemies.’  ” 

(Signed)  John  Catlett. 

John  Weire. 

Thomas  Goodrich. 

Humphrey  Booth. 

(William  and  Man/  Quar¬ 
terly,  VIII,  165.) 

In  1668-9,  Eev.  Eras.  Dougherty  came  to  Sittingbourne  parish 
from  Massachusetts  and  New  York,  and  became  very  obnoxious  to 
Col.  Catlett  and  Mr.  Humphrey  Booth.  He  refused  to  administer 
the  Holy  Sacrament  to  them,  stating  that  “his  conscience  would 
not  suffer  him  so  to  doe.”  Charging  him  with  non-conformity  and 
scandalous  living,  they  made  complaint  to  Gov.  Berkeley  and 
Council,  who  autliorized  the  county  court  to  investigate,  and,  if 
found  grounded  upon  truth,”  to  put  out  the  said  Dougherty.”  It 
resulted  in  said  Dougherty’s  saying  he  would  “transport  himself 
out  of  the  Colony  into  some  other  clymate  that  may  prove  more 
favorable  to  his  aged,  infirm  and  decayed  body,”  etc.  {Virginia 
Historical  Magazine,  V,  288.) 

Essex  county  records  show  that  Col.  John  Catlett,  of  Eappahan¬ 
nock  county,  made  a  deed,  1663-4,  stating  that  Mrs.  Margaret 


•Note. — Old  Rappahannock  county  wa.s  extinKuishcd  in  1692,  when  it  was  divided  to 
form  the  counties  of  Essex  and  Richmond  on  either  side  of  the  Rappahannock  river.  A 
part  of  Essex  became  Spotsylvania  county  in  1720,  and  another  part  of  Essex  went  to  form 
Caroline  county  in  1727,  in  which  was  also  a  part  of  King  and  Queen  and  King  William, 
Orange  from  Spotsylvania,  1734,  and  Culpepper  from  Orange  1748. 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


Upton  had  conveyed  certain  personal  property  to  Capt.  Francis 
Slaughter,  deceased,  for  his  son,  Francis  Slaughter,  Jr.,  and  that 
he  (Catlett)  had  married  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Capt.  Francis 
Slaughter. 

He  was  county  justice,  1665,  and  county  colonel  in  the  Colonial 
forces,  and  active  in  campaigns  against  the  Indians,  by  whom  he 
was  finally  slain  while  defending  the  fort  at  Port  Eoyal,  1770. 

The  records  of  Eichmond  county,  Virginia,  contain  the  marriage 
contract,  April  20,  1672,  between  the  Eev.  Amory  Butler,  of  Eap- 
pahannock  county,  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Catlett,  widow  of  Col.  John 
Catlett  and  state  that  Col.  John  Catlett,  in  his  will,  directed  his 
estate  in  England  be  devoted  to  the  education  of  his  children  in 
that  country. 

General  Court  Eecords,  Eichmond  County,  pp.  25,  30:  In  1670, 
Col.  John  Catlett  was  umpire,  and  Eobert  Beverley  and  John  Lewis 
arbitrators  in  a  certain  controversy  involving  boundaries  of  con¬ 
tiguous  tracts  of  land. 

Economical  History  of  Virginia,  by  Philip  Bruce,  states  that  at 
this  period,  1650,  John  Catlett,  and  also  John  Clayton,  of  Glou¬ 
cester  count)’,  Virginia,  were  in  the  enjoyment  of  estates  in  Kent, 
England. 

See,  also,  Hayden’s  Virginia  Genealogies,  244,  498 ;  Meade’s  Old 
Churches  and  Families,  II,  96,  98;  Slaughter’s  8t.  Mark’s  Parish, 
17,  144,  148;  Life  of  Madison,  in  American  Statesmen  Series; 
Henning’s  Statutes,  V,  287. 

From  Virginia  Land  Books,  Eichmond. 

Book  II,  22J/,  and  VI,  12. — 23rd  May,  1650,  John  Catlett  and  Ealph 
Eowzie,  400  acres  on  south  side  of  Eappahannock  river.  Four 
headri gilts,  among  them  Nicholas  Catlett. 

Book  II,  66. — John  Catlett,  450  acres  called  “Green  Hill,”  on  the 
south  side  of  the  Eappahannock,  between  the  Golden  Vale  and 
Cedar  creek.  [This  was  his  home-place  and  long  continued 
in  his  family.] 

10  September,  1660. — Grant  of  832  acres  in  Essex  county. 
Of  this,  Francis  Taliaferro  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Catlett,  deeded 
416  acres  to  Augustine  Smith,  of  Gloucester  county,  March  11, 
1701.  (Essex  Eecords.) 

Book  V,  Jf.77. — August,  1663.  John  Catlett,  gent.,  500  acres  in 
Sittingbourne  parish,  Eappahannock,  and  in  1666,  2,000  acres 
on  north  side  of  Eappahannock,  forty-five  headrights,  and 
again,  same  year  and  locality,  500  acres  additional. 

September,  1667. — John  Catlett,  1,850  acres,  Eappahannock 
county. 


Thsccndants  of  Col.  John  Catlett.  7 

Nicholas  Catlett. 

Bool-  11,  22Jt. — 1G50.  Xieliolas  Catlett,  headrights  of  John  Catlett 
(his  father). 

Bool-  Yl,  320. — October,  1070.  Nicholas  Catlett  and  William 
]\roseley,  646  acres,  Itappahannock  county. 

Bool'  Yl,  384. — ^167:3.  Nicholas  Catlett  and  William  Moseley,  1,750 
acres  in  Eappahannock  county. 

Bool-  Yl,  539. — September,  1672.  Nicholas  Catlett  and  William 
jMoseley,  1,200  acres,  adjoining  Capt.  Humphrey  Booth,  south 
side  of  Eappahannock. 

From  Esse.v  County  Deed  Bool-. 

April,  1654. — John  Catlett  assigned  to  John  Page  and  Nicholas 
Hundley  land  which  was  patented  formerly  by  Eichard  Cole¬ 
man.  Witness:  Thomas  Lucas,  Eichard  Coleman,  Ealph 
Eowzie.  (Lancaster  Records.) 

1661. — ^Ir.  John  Catlett’s  letter  of  recommendation,  signed  in 
London  by  several  friends. 

1661. — A  deed  of  John  Catlett  and  wife  Elizabeth  (Underwood) 
was  witnessed  by  Thomas  Catlett  and  Eobert  Bledsoe.  (Essex 
Deed  Bools.) 

1663. — John  Catlett  witnessed  deed  from  Alex  Fleming  to  John 
Barrow. 

1663. — John  Catlett,  gent.  A  deed  from  William  Hearsey,  500 
acres,  north  side  Eappahannock,  Sittingbourne  parish.  Signed, 
John  and  Elizabeth  Catlett.  Witness:  Humphrey  Booth,  who 
transferred  this  land  in  1664  to  Joseph  Yeats. 

1663. — John  Catlett,  deed  to  Ealph  and  Sarah  Eowzie  (heirs  of 
Ealph  Eowzie),  one-half  of  land  which  he  patented  jointly  with 
Ealph  Eowzie,  Sr.  One-half  of  this  is  to  be  returned  to  Cat¬ 
lett’s  heirs  if  the  Eowzies  have  none.  Joined  in  deed  by 
Humphrey  Booth  and  wife,  ]\rargaret  (Underwood).  Witness: 
Thomas  Hawkins  and  James  Gaines. 

23rd  March,  1664. — John  Catlett  appointed  by  Gov.  William  Berke¬ 
ley  high  sheriff  of  Eappahannock. 

Feb.  3,  1665. — IMarl-  for  the  hogs  of  Nicholas  Catlett:  Two  crops 
and  slit  in  each  ear,  and  an  under  keel  on  the  right  ear. 

IMarch,  1669. — Nicholas  Catlett  and  John  Cox  witnessed  a  deed. 
28th  IMarch,  1668,  Nicholas  Catlett  and  wife,  Susannah,  made 
a  deed  to  one-half  interest  in  285  acres. 

(Signed)  Nicholas  il  Catlett. 

Susanna  X  Catlett. 

Witness:  John  Catlett. 

1669 — John  Catlett  and  Nicholas  Catlett  witnessed  a  deed  together. 

1672. — Mrs.  Elizabeth  Catlett  made  a  deed  to  her  children,  »Sarah 
and  William  Catlett. 


s 


Descendant.'^  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 
David  Catlett. 


1690. — David  Catlett  made  deposition  in  Essex  comity  that  lie  was 
twenty-one  years  of  age  (hence  born  1669). 

1695. — David  Catlett,  planter,  made  a  deed  to  land  as  “son  and 
only  heir  of  Nicholas  Catlett.”  In  August,  1696,  Francis 
IMeriwether  made  a  deed  to  David  Catlett;  and  his  wife,  Mary 
Bathurst  Jleri wether,  gave  power  of  attorney  to  John  Bettaile 
for  her  acknowledgment.  (Williani  and  Manj  Quarterly,  VIII, 
99.) 

10th  November,  1663. — At  a  court  held  in  Aceomac,  it  was  reported 
that  the  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Maryland  was  angry  with  the  Vir¬ 
ginians  and  their  Governor,  and  also  with  Col.  Edmund  Scar¬ 
brough,  for  executing  the  demands  of  the  Governor  of  Vir¬ 
ginia  and  Grand  Assembly.  He  deserved  to  be  hung,  etc.,  etc. 
Col.  Scarbrough  said :  “It  resteth  with  your  Hon’bles  to  direct 
what  further  course  is  to  be  taken.  I  writt  to  ye  Lord  Lieu¬ 
tenant  of  Maryland  and  sent  him  ye  copy  of  ye  Act,  to  which 
I  added  my  readiness  to  attend  with  Mr.  Catlett  and  Mr. 
Eichard  LaAvrence*  if  his  Hon’r  did  desire  it,  but  have  received 
noe  other  answer,”  etc. 

This  relates  to  the  long  contest  between  ANrginia  and  the 
Colony  of  Lord  Baltimore  over  the  boundary  line  run  by 
Messrs.  Scarbrough,  Catlett  and  Lawrence,  Avho  were  the  com¬ 
missioners.  (Virginia  Magazine  of  History,  etc..  Ill,  ISO.) 

Thomas  Catlett. 

1661. — Thomas  Catlett  Avitnessed  a  deed  to  John  and  Elizabeth 
Catlett  in  Essex  county. 

Land  Bool  VI,  Jll . — 1672.  Thomas  Catlett,  50  acres  on  Avestern 
branch  of  Elizabeth  river. 

Thomas  Catlett,  sheriff  of  Essex  county,  1716.  (Virginia 
Historical  Magazine,  XVII,  155.) 

From  Land  Bools  at  Bichmond,  Va. 

BOOK  XII,  p.  368. — 1726.  Thomas  Catlett,  of  St.  Mary’s  parish, 
Essex  county,  1,000  acres  in  Spotsylvania. 

Booh  XIII. — May  21,  1726.  Thomas  Catlett,  of  Essex.  His  patent 
of  1,000  acres  in  Spotsylvania,  on  the  Eapidan  river, 
both  sides  S.  W.  Mountain,  transferred  to  Francis  ConAvay, 
gent.,  of  same,  Nov.  7,  1727,  for  £60.  IVitness:  John  Battaile 
and  John  Taliaferro.  This  land  Francis  CoiiAvay,  gent.,  of 
Essex,  conA'eyed  to  John  Taliaferro,  of  Spotsylvania,  same  date. 
Witness:  John  Battaile,  John  Taliaferro  and  Thomas  Catlett. 


Mr.  Richard  Lawrence,  the  Oxford  graduate,  and  friend  of  Nathaniel  Bacon,  the  Rebel. 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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Bool-  XIV,  p.  512. — 1728. — ^Major  Tliomas  Catlett,  66  acres  in 
Caroline  count}’,  next  to  llobert  Taliaferro. 

Bool-  A’T. — 1730.  "iMajor  Thomas  Catlett,  1,376  acres  in  Caroline 
countv.  St.  IMarv’s  parish,  hounding  on  Taliaferro  and  Eoy- 
ston’s  line  and  the  Golden  Yale  swamp. 

From  .Spotsi/lvania  Records. 

]\ray  11,  1730. — Thomas  Catlett  witnessed  a  deed  from  Richard 
Buckner,  of  Caroline  county,  planter,  to  Lawrence  Battaille, 
of  same,  planter,  for  £74,  371  acres  in  fork  of  ^lattapony, 
which  Buckner  purchased  of  one  Shackelford ;  and  again,  Oct. 
19,  1733,  Avitnessed  a  deed  from  Richard  Buckner,  of  St.  Mary’s 
parish,  Caroline  county,  gent.,  to  William  Strother,  of  King 
George  county,  part  of  a  patent  conveyed  hy  Augustine  Smith 
to  said  Richard  Buckner  and  Col.  John  Catlett. 

July  1.  1735. — Thomas  Catlett  AA'itnessed  sale  of  tAA'o  lots  in  Fred¬ 
ericksburg,  Spotsylvania  county,  to  Hancock  Lee,  of  Spotsyl¬ 
vania,  by  the  trustees;  Col.  Henry  Willis,  John  Taliaferro  and 
John  Waller,  gents. 

March  14,  1733. — Will  of  Richard  Buckner,  gent,  presented  hy 
executors,  Elizabeth  and  Richard  Buckner,  and  proA’ed  hy  oath 
of  Thomas  Catlett. 

Caroline  County  Records. 

1730. — Among  justices  of  county  court  AA’ere  Thomas  Catlett,  Wil¬ 
liam  Taliaferro  and  Richard  Buckner;  and  in  1734,  present, 
Thomas  Catlett  and  John  Catlett,  justices. 

June  13,  1735. — The  justices  Avere  Thomas  Catlett,  John  Catlett, 
Jonathan  Gibson,  William  Taliaferro,  John  Taliaferro,  Rich¬ 
ard  Taliaferro,  Francis  Thornton,  Xicholas  Battaille  and 
others.  Thomas  Catlett,  of  Caroline,  died  in  1739;  wife, 
IMartha,  executrix. 

Sept.  5,  1687. — Francis  Taliaferro  and  Avife,  Elizabeth  Catlett,  a 
deed  to  John  Battaille,  300  acres,  reciting  that  “Col.  John 
Catlett,  in  his  last  irill  and  testament,  did  bequeath  300  acres 
each,  of  this  tract,  to  his  two  daughters,”  viz:  Elizabeth  and 
Sarah  Catlett.  Sarah  married  Rol)ert  Taliaferro,  brother  of 
Francis,  above. 

Bool-  13,  295. — 1726.  John  Catlett,  Jr.,  of  St.  John’s  parish, 
Spotsylvania,  400  acres  in  Spotsylvania,  on  the  Rapidan.  (He 
Avas  from  St.  IVIary’s  parish,  Essex  county.) 

1728. — John  Catlett,  Jr.,  of  St.  Mary’s  2>arish,  Essex  county,  400 
acres  in  Spotsylvania. 

1715. — John  Catlett,  358  acres  in  Stafford  county.  In  1726  his 
lands  mentioned  as  joining  Thomas  Helm,  in  Stafford,  and  in 
1730  his  lands  joined  also  John  IMaden  in  Stafford. 

1805. — John  Catlett  and  G.  and  S.  Rennolds,  a  trust  deed  to  Benj. 
Thos.  Xewben.  (Essex  Records.) 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


Mrs.  Annie  Catlett  Bnllock,  the  danghter  of  Patrick  Eobb  and 
Elizabeth  (Fitzhngb)  Catlett,  and  granddaughter  of  John  Gibson 
Catlett  (the  sixth  John  in  direct  descent),  and  who  lives  at  Guinea, 
Caroline  county,  Virginia,  has  inherited  the  ‘"old  Catlett  Bible” 
with  records  of  two  generations,  which  she  has  furnished  for  this 
work.  She  writes :  “I  have  heard  there  was  another  generation  in¬ 
cluded,  but  one  of  the  old  great-grandmothers,  who  was  left  a  widow, 
although  young  and  pretty,  being  anxious  to  conceal  her  age,  relent¬ 
lessly  destroyed  it — so  the  legend  goes.”  In  another  letter  she 
MU'ites :  “The  “^Green  Hill’  estate  once  belonged  to  my  father,  who 
inherited  it  from  his  father,  John  Gibson  Catlett.  I  send  you  some 
very  old  papers  to  read.  They  are  curious  on  account  of  their 
antiquity.” 

The  oldest  of  these  very  ancient  papers  is  the  original  deed  given 
to  Col.  John  Catlett,  in  1666,  by  John  Spearman  and  his  wife, 
Susannah,  to  the  “Green  Hill”  estate,  which  has  descended  through 
the  male  line  directly  to  Mrs.  Bullock’s  father.  It  is  so  ancient  and 
interesting  that  it  is  inserted  in  full  below. 

The  next  is  a  survey  of  some  land  made  for  the  second  Col.  John 
Catlett,  11th  January,  1688,  and  gives  as  a  reason  for  the  survey 
that  he  “finds  his  patents  of  ye  land  going  to  decay,”  1,364  acres. 

The  next  is  the  original  will  of  William  Catlett,  son  of  the  first 
Col.  John,  made  on  the  11th  day  of  April,  1677.  This  will  is  given 
elsewhere. 

Another  is  a  copy  of  a  deed  of  3,640  acres  of  land  made  by  Alex. 
Spotswood,  Lieutenant-Governor,  at  Williamsburg,  Va.,  to  Eobert 
Carter,  of  Lancaster  county,  on  the  22nd  of  January,  1718.  These 
lands  were  in  the  fork  of  Eap])ahannock  river  and  adjoined  the 
lands  of  Col.  Catlett ;  hence  an  official  copy  was  furnished  the  latter. 

The  next,  an  indenture  made  on  the  fourth  day  of  January, 
MDCCXXX,  between  John  Catlett,  gent.,  of  Caroline  county,  to 
J ohn  Catlett,  J r.,  of  the  same  county,  planter,  conveying  one  moiety 
of  tract  of  land  purchased  by  him  and  Eichard  Buckner,  gent.,  of 
Augustine  Smith,  gent.,  is  interesting,  since  both  the  signatures 
of  “J^  Catlett”  and  Mary  Catlett  (Mary  Grayson),  his  wife  have 
attached  a  seal  in  red  wax,  an  antelope’s  head,  erased.  Xo.  Arms 
of  the  Catlett  family  have  been  found,  Imt  this  seal,  coupled  with 
the  gift  to  his  son  John  of  his  “silver  seal,”  in  the  will  of  the  second 
Col.  John  Catlett,  is  significant  of  armorial  bearings. 

The  will  of  the  third  John  Catlett,  of  Caroline  county,  made  the 
4th  of  June,  1730,  and  witnessed  by  Jonath.  Gibson,  George  Todd 
and  Eobert  Lindsay,  is  also  among  these  valuable  papers. 

The  following  is  the  deed  in  full  to  a  part  of  the  original  tract 
known  as  “Oreen  Hill,”  the  remainder  having  been  previously  pur¬ 
chased  of  John  Prosser: 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


11 


166G. 

Know  all  men  by  these  p’nts  that  I  John  Spearman  for  The  con¬ 
sideration  of  three  tliousand  three  liundred  pounds  of  good  Tob°- 
the  Eeceipt  whereof  hereby  acknowledged  &  Contented  therewith, 
have  bargained  &  Sold  and  doe  by  thee  p’nts  give  grant  bargain  & 
sell  from  me  &  my  heires 

Unto  ColD-  John  Catlett  gent  his  heires  &  ass’s  for  Ev''-  two  hun¬ 
dred  acres  of  Land  I  ping  in  the  Freshes  of  Rapp^-  county  on  the 
Southside  the  Eiver  beginning  at  a  m’ked  white  Oake  at  a  m’ked 
oake  at  the  ]\routh  of  a  Creeke  called  by  the  Uame  of  the  Golden 
Yale  being  a  pcell  of  Land  belonging  to  a  Greater  Patent  of  John 
Prossers  &  running  from  the  afores'^-  White  Oake  into  the  Woods 
wt>‘-  a  lyne  of  trees  that  parts  the  s^-  Land  formerly  John  Gellett’s 
deced,  320  p  So.  West  thence  through  John  Prosser’s  Land  now 
the  Land  of  GolC-  John  Catlett  So.  West  400  p  thence  N.  West 
63  p  thence  No.  East  400  p  thence  So :  East  43  p  butting  on  the 
Miles  End  of  The  Land  formerly  John  Gelletts  thence  Xo.  East 
315  p  to  the  creeke,  thence  to  the  place  begann  Xear  the  Creeke 
side  20  p,  to  Say  in  all  two  hundred  acres  that  I,  John  Spearman 
doe  acknowledge  to  give  grant  Bargain  sell  from  me  &  my  heires 
unto  ColP-  John  Catlett  Gent,  his  heires  &  assignes  for  Ever.  To 
Have  and  to  Hold  the  s'>-  two  hundred  acres  of  Land  w**'-  all  Im¬ 
munities  Eights  Titles  privileges  &  pfFitts  whatsoever  to  him  the 
s^'-  Coll°-  John  Catlett  his  heires  &  assigns  for  Ever  w^h-  Sufficient 
Warranty  in  as  full  &  ample  Manner  as  may  be  Collected  out  of  a 
Conveyance  made  to  me  John  Spearman  from  John  Prosser  £  his 
wife  Martha,  dated  the  15  of  August  1665. 

Moreover  I,  the  S‘'-  Jo/;n  Spearman,  Susannah  his  wife  doe 
Covenant  &  grant  for  themselves  &  their  Heires  unto  Coll°-  Jn°- 
Catlett  his  heires  &  assignes  that  they  have  Good  &  Lawfull  Title 
at  the  Sealing  &  Delivery  of  these  p’nts  Unto  the  afores^-  parcell 
of  Land  &  that  they  will  make  acknowledgm*-  in  the  County  Court 
Court  of  Eapp“-  of  this  their  Act  &  Deed  &  give  Livery  &  Seizin 
According  to  Law — 

I,  the  said  Coll°-  .John  Catlett  his  heires  &  assignes  discharging  such 
Quitrents  as  are  Imposed  on  the  said  Land  according  as  is  Expressed 
Ill  the  patt.  to  John  Prosser  of  1750  acres  dated  the  20th  of  Juhi 
1660.  ‘ 

In  ]yitness  whereof  I  John  Spearman  &  Susannah  mv  wife  have 
to  these  puts  sett  o"-  hands  &  Seales  this  24th  day  of  Aug*-  1666. 

Sealed  Signed  &  deliv'^-  John  Spe.vrhan  ^n%ealel 

in  p’nts  of  Us  sUd 

Alex:  Fleming.  Susannah  Spearman  ^  [Seale] 

Walker  Howard. 

John  Prosser. 

Memorand 


This  first  day  of  Septembe''-  1666 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


This  Deed  of  Sale  was  acknowledged  before  ns  by  John  Spear¬ 
man  and  Susannah  his  wife  to  the  Use  &  pp  behoof  of  CoU°-  John 
Catlett  k  his  heires  for  Ever  according  to  the  true  intent  &  mean¬ 
ing  of  the  Law  in  Such  Case  pvided. —  Alex:  Fleming 

Eecognit'-  Cor  Nobis]  Hump:  Booth 

Becordat’-  in  Com  ltapp'‘-  13°'  dies  Septemb'''  “  1G6G 

P  Eob’’-  Davies  C^-  Curp''^- 

1  Susannah  Sjiearman  doe  Constitute  and  appoint  Xf  EdRing- 
ton  to  acknowledge  all  my  Eight  Title  &  Interest  of  two  hundred 
acres  of  Land  Sold  hy  me  &  my  Husband  unto  Coll°-  John  Catlett 
to  say  my  right  &  Title  as  to  my  thirde  or  Dower  for  the  wdi-  I  doe 
Acknowledge  myself  fully  satisfied  by  ColD-  John  Catlett.  In 
witness  whereof  I  have  Sett  my  hand  &  Seal  this  31*''  day  of  Aug®* 

^*^^’**  Signed 

Test:  Susannah  Speaeman  0  [Seale] 

.[lex:  Fleming 

John  Prosser  EecordaU-  in  Com  Eapp“-  13°-  die:  U”®-  1G6G 

P  Kob'^-  Davies  C*'  Curp'''*- 

Starting  with  Jno.  ye  younger,  d.  before  1636  (when  his  Avidow, 
Sarah  Catlett,  34  years  old.  Mar.  (II)  Lodoudek  Eoivzee,  aged  36, 
and  bachelor,  and  doctor  of  physics),  and  Sarah,  his  wife,  who 
furnished  their  OK//y  son.  Col.  John  Catlett,  as  the  immigrant  to 
Virginia  in  1650.  Col.  John  appears  to  have  married  before  coming 
to  Virginia,  since  there  accompanied  him  Thomas  and  Nicholas, 
apparently  his  sons,  and  since  no  mention  is  made  of  his  wife,  it 
is  presumed  she  died  before  he  left  England.  He  ivas  accompanied 
by  his  half-brother,  Ealph  Eowzee,  and  together  they  patented  lands, 
and  also  a  half-brother,  Edward  Eowzee.  Thomas  and  Nicholas 
Catlett,  though  coming  over  at  the  same  time,  did  not  patent  lands 
until  later,  shmving  them  to  be  minors.  Thomas  Catlett  was  wit¬ 
ness  in  1661,  and  Nicholas  patents  lands  and  records  his  mark  for 
hogs  in  1665.  Col.  John,  Thomas  and  Nicholas  are  found  associated 
closely  in  all  the  early  records,  and  unless  proven  to  the  contrary  it 
is  reasonable  to  assume  that  both  Thomas  and  Nicholas  were  sons 
by  a  deceased  wife. 

Col.  John  Catlett  came  to  Virginia  in  1650  and  settled  upon  the 
banks  of  the  Eappahanuock  river.  He  came  from  Sittingbourne 
parish  (Kent  county),  England,  and  doubtless  gave  this  name  to 
his  new  church  parish.  As  shown  above,  he  ivas  a  man  of  great 
importance,  if  not  of  distinction.  He  was  presiding  justice,  burgess, 
sheriff,  colonel  of  militia,  and  of  the  vestry.  He  was  one  of  three 
commissioners  to  settle  the  boundary  line  between  Virginia  and 
Maryland,  with  Edmund  Scarborough  and  Eichard  Lawrence,  the 
last  a  distinguished  Oxford  graduate.  He  seems  to  have  been  an 
expert  surveyor,  and  the  records  of  Maryland  show  much  work  done 
by  him  in  that  State. 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


13 


DESCENDANTS  OF  COL.  JOHN  CATLETT.  THE 
IMMIGRANT,  AND  WIFE,  ELIZABETH 
UNDERWOOD. 

He  was  horn  Ijefore  1()26,  jirobahly  aboi;t  1()‘2'2,  ami  doubtless 
married  in  England  before  coming  over,  and  had  two  sons,  Thomas 
and  Nicholas.  He  mar.  (II)  1()57,  Elizabeth  Underwood,  widow 
of  Col.  Francis  Slaughter,  wliom  slie  mar.  1G53,  and  bv  whom  had 
one  son,  Francis  Slaughter,  Jr.  After  tlie  death  of  C’ol.  John  she 
mar.  (HI),  1071,  Itev.  Aniory  Butler,  d.  1678.  i\Irs.  Butler  d. 
1673,  and  in  her  will  mentions  her  four  Catlett  children. 

.ihstract  of  }YiIl  of  il/r.s-.  Elizabeth  Butler. 

“To  son,  Francis  Slaughter,  furniture  of  chamber,  except 

“To  dau.  Sarah,  a  chest  of  drawers  and  except  further 

“To  son  John,  a  close  stool. 

“To  Son  Francis  Slaughter,  to  be  delivered  when  he  reaches  19 
years  of  age,  and  shall  not  dispose  of  same  without  consent  of  Ex 
and  Overseers,  all  goods,  money,  plate,  rings  and  tobacco,  mentioned 
in  an  account  now  in  hands  of  Dan'l  Caines,  and  one  negro  boy,  an 
ecjual  share  of  sheep,  ])ewter,  cre})e  and  iron ;  also  a  great  chair  and 
small  couch  and  1  chest  and  such  things  in  my  house  as  my  mother 
gave  me  by  will. 

“To  dau.  Elizabeth,  bed  and  furniture  in  the  dining  room,  the 
press  and  cushion  thereon,  the  great  looking  glass,  drawing  table 
and  Turkey  carpet,  a  cbild  bed,  turning  blankets,  five  baskets,  my 
wedding  ring,  my  biggest  diamond  ring,  my  gilded  bodkin,  and 
necklace  with  biggest  pearls,  a  small  Bible,  a  silver  sucking  bottle 
and  my  small  cabinet. 

“To  dau.  Sarah,  two  of  my  biggest  stone  rings,  small  pearl  neck¬ 
lace,  silver  bodkin,  new  trunk  and  napkin  press,  a  small  Bible,  a 
small  Testament,  a  dram  cup,  my  wedding  ring  and  oval  table. 

“To  son  John,  small  diamond  ring,  map  in  dining  room,  a  rapier, 
great  cutlash,  pair  of  silver  buttons  and  a  pair  of  silver  buckles, 
antimonial  cup. 

To  son,  William,  one  small  cutlash,  a  ring  with  a  stone  inamelled 
with  blue,  my  silver  seal  and  wearing  linen. 

“To  sons  John  and  William,  all  the  books  mentioned  in  inventory, 
to  be  ecpially  divided  according  to  their  father’s  will. 

“To  my  sons  John  and  Win.  Catlett,  \  All  of  my  plate,  except- 

“To  my  dans.,  j  ing  three  spoons  marked 

with  names  of  owners,  to  be  ccpially  divided;  all  of  my  pewter, 
brass,  linen  and  other  household  stuff,  except  what  is  given  Francis 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


Slaughter,  with  a  bed  to  each  son  and  Elizabeth,  except  two  suits 
of  damask,  which  I  give  to  1113^  two  daus,  are  to  be  equalh^  divided. 

“To  111)"  thre  sons,  a  carbine  each. 

‘‘To  the  four  children  of  my  deceased  husband,  John  Catlett,  my 
grey  mare  with  her  increase. 

“To  my  two  dans.,  delivery  of  former  legacies  at  17  years  or  mar- 
Viage. 

‘‘To  my  cousin  (nephew),  Win.  Underwood,  the  elder,  one  stoned 
colt  out  of  sorrel  mare. 

“To  my  cousin  (nephew),  Humphrey  Booth,  chest  with  goods 
that  was  my  mother’s. 

“To  my  cousin  (niece),  Catherine  Booth,  one  silver  caudle  cup 
that  was  her  grandmother’s,  and  if  she  dies,  to  Bro.  Humphrey. 

“Item. — If  Francis  dies,  my  children  get  his  former  and  present 
legacies.  If  my  Ek.  breaks  up  housekeeping,  household  stuff  be¬ 
queathed  my  children  shall  be  packed  and  locked  np,  and  linen  and 
other  things  in  each  trunk  be  forthwith  locked  up  until  time  of  de¬ 
livery.  All  household  stuff  to  Francis  be  kept  by  itself. 

“To  sister  Pierce,  mourning  ring  of  twenty  shillings  value  in 
England. 

“If  my  Ex.  surrenders  my  estate,  Mr.  Dan’l  Gaines,  if  he  has  the 
children,  shall  have  the  estate,  provided  he  gives  good  security. 

“Item. — My  Ex.  shall  supply  tobacco  required  for  my  children’s 
education,  irow  in  England,  according  to  my  husband’s  will,  to  pro¬ 
vide  when  they  come  home  from  school  for  their  accommodation, 
the  bringing  of  them  to  Virginia. 

“Wearing  clothes  sent  for  last  year,  as  profits  of  my  tobacco,  on 
arrival  shall  be  locked  up  in  my  cask  and  kept  for  my  two  dans.,  to 
be  divided  between  them,  and  the  rest  my  Ex.  may  have  for  house¬ 
hold  uses. 

“Money  in  hands  of  Jeffries  and  Mumford  be  used  for  bed  and 
furniture  for  son  Francis,  in  lieu  of  one  his  father-in-law  owes  him, 
and  two  small  silver  tankards  (if  it  holds  out)  to  be  added  to  plate 
for  children  of  my  deceased  husband. 

“Item. — My  children’s  Est.  to  be  kept  entire  and  not  parted 
Until  their  legacies  become  due,  and  if  the  court  takes  the  estate 
out  of  my  Ex.’s  hands  my  children  shall  altogether  be  maintained, 
well  educated  and  provided  for  with  profits  of  their  own  Est.  and 
my  thirds  and  profits  remain  in  my  Ex.’s  hands  until  they  come  of 
age. 

“Item. — I  appoint  my  husband,  Amory  Butler,  sole  Ex.  and 
guardian  of  my  children,  and  cousin  (nephew),  Capt.  Thos.  Hav"- 
kins,  my  bro.,  Edward  Bowzie,  and  Mr.  Dan’l  Gaines  overseers, 
provided  if  said  Ex.  does  not  educate  and  keep  them  well  that  Mr. 
Daniel  Gaines  shall  be  guardian  of  my  children,  my  Ex.  allowing 
sufficient  maintenance  according  as  my  overseers  and  Ex.  shall  de¬ 
termine.  If  Mr.  D.  Gaines  die.  Cousin  (nephew)  HaVkins  to  take 
the  children.  If  Ex.  embezzles  or  forsake  the  country,  my  overseers 


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shall  call  him  to  account  and  make  him  pay  out  of  his  own  estate 
or  yield  up  my  estate  to  Mr.  Gaines. 

“Item. — Ex.  do  for  son  Francis  with  profits  of  the  Est.  in  lieu 
of  one  his  father-in-law  did  owe  him. 

“Item. — Of  the  cattle  that  were  my  mother’s  and  now  in  keeping 
of  Thos.  Kirk,  I  give  two  females  to  Sister  Pierce’s  children  and 
two  females  and  eight  steers  to  Bro.  Booth’s  children,  said  steers 
and  increase  of  heifers  to  be  disposed  of  by  my  Ex.  to  purchase  a 
negro  woman  to  be  delivered  when  they  become  of  age,  mortality 
excepted. 

“Item. — If  my  Est.  is  taken  out  of  my  Ex.’s  hands  in  a  half  year, 
and  it  shall  be  short,  must  be  made  good  out  of  increase  of  negroes, 
and  if  not  enough,  out  of  my  thirds  of  profits. 

“Item. — To  beloved  husband,  a  bed  and  furniture  and  mourning 
ring  of  22  shillings  value  in  England. 

“Item. — After  legacies  paid,  any  remainder  of  my  thirds  except 
profit  paid  over  to  my  children. 

“Elizabeth  Butler.  [Seal] 

“Witness :  Thos.  Lucas,  Sen. 

Jno.  Dawson.” 

Col.  Catlett  was  killed  by  the  Indians  while  defending  the  fort  at 
Port  Eoyal  in  1670.  Port  Poyal  is  on  the  Eappahannock  river,  in 
Caroline  county,  Va.,  opposite  Port  Conway.  His  children  were: 

(1)  John,-  b.  1658,  d.  1721. 

(2)  Elizabeth,-  b.  1663,  d.  1710. 

(3)  Sarah,-  b.  1666,  d.  1726. 

(1)  William,-  b.  1670,  d.  1698. 

(2)  *Elizabeth,-  b.  1663,  mar.  Francis  Taliaferro,  d.  1710,  son  of 
Eobt.  Taliaferro,  the  immigrant,  who  settled  in  Gloucester  co.  in 
1650,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Grymes,  dau.  of  Eev.  Charles  Grymes. 
Issue:  Francis,  d.  y. ;  John,  of  the  “Mount”;  Eobt.,  d.  s.  p.;  Wm., 
wbo  mar.  Ann.  Walker,  of  Hrbana;  Eichard;  Elizabeth,  mar.  Thos. 
Stribling,  and  Agatha. 

On  Sept.  5.  1687,  Francis  and  Elizabeth  Taliaferro  made  a  deed 
to  John  Battaille  for  300  acres  of  land,  reciting  that  Col.  John, 
in  his  last  will  and  testament,  did  bequeath  the  said  land,  300 
acres,  to  his  two  daughters.  (Essex  Eecords.) 

This,  together  with  the  reference  to  his  will  in  Mrs.  Butler’s  will, 
shows  that  the  immigrant.  Col.  John,  made  a  will,  though  not  found 
among  Court  Eecords. 

(3)  SaralP  mar.  1682  Eobt.  Taliaferro,  d.  1688,  brother  of 
Francis,  and  had  one  son,  Eobt. 


*  In  1684  it  is  ordered  that  Elizabeth  Catlett,  having  attained  the  age  of  21  years,  by 
legacy  from  her  mother  shall  receive  one-fourth  of  money  in  hands  of  M.  &  J.,'  London. 
(Essex  Records.) 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


(4)  *  AYilliam,-  b.  1670,  d.  1698,  mar.  Elizabeth  Thompson,  d. 
1710,  Vho  mar.  (Tl)  Wm.  IMoseley.  Wm.  Catlett’s  will  is  given 
below.  It  leaves  his  wife  execntrix.  His  only  child,  Elizabeth,  was 
born  after  death  of  her  father,  as  noted  in  the  will  of  her  mother, 
probated  in  Essex  co.  1710,  mentioning  son,  Wm.  Moseley,  dangh- 
ter,  IMary  Moseley,  and  daughter,  Elizabeth  Catlett,  born  after  her 
father’s  death,  to  have  her  father’s  effects  Avhen  18  years  old. 

In  1688-9,  will  of  Jno.  Thompson,  of  Snrry  co.,  James  Eiver, 
gives  to  his  sister,  Elizabeth  Catlett,  wife  of  IVm.  Catlett,  £50. 

Xothing  further  is  known  of  this  Elizabeth  Catlett. 


Will  of  William  Catlett,  of  Essex]  Sittingbourne  Parish,  Gent., 
nth  April,  1697. 

“1  give  my  soi;l,  etc. 

“]\Iy  will  is  that  my  debts  be  paid  by  my  executors. 

“To  my  dear  wife  ye  land  I  now  live  on,  300  acres,  provided  she 
live  to  have  a  child,  and  that  ye  child  he  called  hy  ye  name  of  Cat¬ 
lett.  If  my  wife  have  a  child  I  give  to  ye  said  child,  whether  male 
or  female,  all  of  my  lands  not  bequeathed,  etc. 

“Item. — If  my  wife  should  dye  without  a  child  by  me  my  nephew 
M’m.  Slaughter  shall  enjoy  possession  of  ye  land  called  Eichland, 
lying  by  ye  land  of  Ealph  Eowzy. 

“Item. — If  my  wife  dye  childless  I  give  to  my  nephew  Thomas 
Catlett  ye  lands  I  now  live  on,  if  he  should  come  of  age,  if  not,  to 
Elizabeth  Catlett  his  sister. 

“Item. — If  my  wife  be  childless  I  give  to  my  two  nephews  Eoht. 
and  ffrancis  Taliaferro  400  acres  upon  ye  Long  Point. 

“Item. — I  give  to  my  dear  Bro.  John  all  my  books  except  such 
as  my  wife  shall  except. 

“Item. — To  my  nephew  Wm.  Slaughter  1  negro  man  when  he 
shall  arrive  at  age  of  21. 

“Item. — To  my  nephew  Eoht.  Taliaferro  my  rapier,  pistolls  and 
ten  shillings. 

“Item. — ‘To  my  nephew  Francis  Taliaferro  a  young  mare. 

“i\Iy  dear  and  loving  wife,  my  sole  executrix,  to  whom  I  give  and 
bequeath  my  whole  estate.  I  mean  my  personal  estate,  of  wh.at 
nature  soever. 

“Testi:  MTlliam  Catlett. 

“Wm.  Thompson  (bro.  of  wife). 

“ffras.  Slaughter  (half-hro.  of  Wm.  C.). 

“Eobt.  Payne  (mar.  Catherine,  sister  of  wife). 

“Catherine  Payne  (sister  of  wife).” 

Elizabeth  Catlett  qualified  on  above  Avill  1699. 

*  In  1692-3,  Wm.  Catlett,  having  reached  21  years,  will  receive  one-fourth  of  the  money 
in  hands  of  M.  &  J.,  London  (Essex  Records).  [“M.  &  .1.”  above  were  initials  of  Muraford 
&  .Jeffries,  large  and  wealthy  merchants  in  London.] 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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Mrs.  Elizabetli  Catlett  mar.  (II)  Wm.  Moseley  and  died  1709, 
and  left  the  following  will : 

Will  of  Elizabeth  (Catlett)  Moseley. 

“1.  Son  Wm.  l\Ioseley,  dan.  Mary  Moseley  and  dan.  Elizabeth 
Catlett  (born  after  death  of  her  father)  to  have  a  ring  that  was  her 
father’s  and  3  silver  spoons  and  my  pearl  necklace,  to  be  delivered 
to  her  at  age  of  18.  Dan.  Mary  a  similar  legacy.  I  give  all  my 
books  not  yet  bequeathed  to  be  equally  divided  between  my  three 
children.  Sole  Executor  Bro.  Samuel  Thompson. 

“Trustees,  Bro.  Ed.  IMoseley,  Jno.  Hawkins  and  Wm.  Thompson. 

“Ex.  30th  Xber  1709,  prob.  10  Feb.  1709/10.” 

Will  of  Lawrence  Catlett,  27th  October,  1724,  probated  19th 
January,  1724/5,  mentions  vdfe  Alice,  and  bros.  John  and  Thomas. 
His  M'ife  and  father-in-law,  Francis  Thornton,  his  executors.  Jno. 
Eoy  and  Eobt.  Smith,  witnesses. 

This  Lawrence  was  oldest  son  of  the  2nd  John  Catlett,  who  is 
usually  referred  to  as  “the  2nd  John.” 

Desendants  of  Col.  Jno.  Catlett  the  Second. 

John,-  known  as  the  2nd  John,  was  the  only  son  of  Col.  John 
Catlett  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Hnderwood,  to  leave  male  issue.  It 
is  thought  that  this  John  married  twice  and  that  Lawrence,  and 
perhaps  Elizabeth,  were  by  his  first  wife,  who,  it  is  believed,  was  a 
daughter  of  Major  Lawrence  Smith,  of  Bacon’s  Eebellion.  There 
are  deeds  recorded  in  Spotsylvania  co.  to  Jno.  Catlett,  Jr.,  and 
Eichd.  Buckner,  in  1722,  from  Augustine  Smith,  the  son  of  Major 
Lawrence. 

Jno-  certainly  married  Elizabeth  Gaines,  daughter  of  Dan’l 
Gaines,  who  is  believed  to  have  married  Miss  Eowzie,  half-sister 
of  Col.  Jno.  Catlett  the  imgt.,  since  Capt.  Dan’l  Gaines,  in  his  will 
(Essex  co.),  Aug.  18,  1G82,  mentions  wife  “Margaret,”  and 
“orphans  of  Col.  Jno.  Catlett  to  be  paid  out  of  the  negroes  who 
belong  to  his  estate,”  and  calls  Jno.  Catlett  “his  kinsman,”  and 
directs  that  “children  of  Col.  Jno.  Catlett  to  remain  with  my  wife 
until  they  come  of  age  or  until  she  married.” 

Again,  in  1671,  l\frs.  Elizabeth  Catlett,  widow  of  Col.  Jno.,  gave 
power  of  attorney  to  l\fr.  Dan’l  Gaines,  and  also  later  made  him 
“overseer  of  her  will”  and  to  have  main  charge  of  the  children 
(1673).  After  a  suit  in  IMay  court,  1673,  between  Eev.  Amory 
Butler  (who  married  the  widow  of  Col.  John  Catlett)  and  Capt. 
Thos.  Hawkins,  who  married  the  sistr  of  Mrs.  Jno.  Catlett,  Dan’l 
Gaines  took  charge  of  the  Catlett  children  and  Eev.  Butler  of  the 
estate.  (All  from  Essex  Eecords.) 

Col.  John-  Catlett  was  burgess  (1693-1702),  and  justice  of  the 
peace  (1692),  coroner  (1700),  president  of  court,  sheriff  (1705) 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


for  Essex  co.  He  patented  lands  extensively  in  Spotsylvania  co. 
and  elsewhere.  He  gave  power  of  attorney  to  John  Mnmford 
(June  16,  1701),  of  London,  to  sell  all  niy  lands  at  Sittingbourne, 
ill  Kent  co.,  Eng.,  and  at  Kadwischeini,  which  he  inherited  from  his 
father.  His  will,  dated  1721,  is  given  below ; 

Issue. 

-  (1)  Laivrence,®  d.  1724,  mar.  Alice  Thornton,  dan.  of  Francis 
Thornton.  (She  mar.  II  James  Taylor,  b.  1705,  d.  1784,  and  left 
Taylor  issue.)  Lawrence,  d.  s.  p.  1724.  Will  Oct.  27,  1724,  prob. 
19th.  Jany,  1724/5.  (See  above.)  Subsequently  there  ivas  a  deed 
made  to  his  widow  “Alice”  of  slaves  and  signed  by  Jno. Catlett, 
Thos,  Catlett  of  Essex,  Francis  Conway  of  Essex,  Jno.  Taliaferro 
of  Spotsylvania,  and  Kowland  Thornton  of  King  George  co.  Wit¬ 
nesses :  Jno.  Catlett,  Jr.,  Chas.  Taliaferro,  Jr.,  and  John  Battaille. 
(Essex  Eecords.) 

(2)  Elizabeth,®  b.  Sept.  6,  1689,  d.  1751,  mar.  Eowland  Thorn¬ 
ton  of  “Crowes,”  King  George  co.,  b.  1685,  d.  1748,  who  was  J.  P. 
of  said  county  and  had  issue,  among  others ; 

(a)  Alice,"*  mar.  Jno.  Fitzhugh,  b.  1727,  cl.  1819,  son  of  Henry  and 
Susannah  (Cooke)  Fitzlmgh  of  Belvoir,  and  had,  among 
others,  Elizabeth,  b.  1754,  cl.  1825,  mar.  1770  Capt.  Francis 
Conway,  b.  1748,  d.  1794,  and  had  Elizabeth,  b.  1783,  d.  1853, 
mar.  1802  Lawrence  Catlett  (See  below).  The  above  are  be¬ 
lieved  to  be  by  his  first  wife.  By  Elizabeth  Gaines  he  had 

(3)  John,®  mar.  (I)  - Taliaferro,  (II)  Mary  Grayson.  (See 

below. ) 

(4)  Thomas,®  mar.  Martha  - .  He  died  1739  and 

his  wife  Martha  administered  icpon  his  estate  in  Caroline  co.  He 
was  sheriff  of  Essex  co.  1716,  J.  P.  in  Caroline  co.  1739,  and  pat¬ 
ented  a  goodly  quantity  of  lands.  (See  Thomas  branch,  below.) 

(5)  Mary,®  mar.  Dec.  22,  1708,  Jno.  Taliaferro,*  of  Snow  Creek, 
b.  1687,  d.  1744,  and  had  a  daughter,  Margaret,  mentioned  in  Col. 
Catlett’s  will. 

(6)  Eebecca,®  cl.  1760,  mar.  (I)  1718  Francis,  b.  1697,  son  of 
Col.  Edward  Conway,  will  April  12,  1733;  (II)  Jno.  Moore,  will 


*Mr.  John  Taliaferro  was  a  frontiersman,  as  per  his  testimony  given  before  the  com¬ 
missioners  to  settle  the  boundary  between  the  Colony  of  Virginia  and  the  royal  grant  by 
King  James  of  the  ‘‘Northern  Neck”  to  Lord  Culpepper,  which  had  descended  to  Lord 
Fairfax,  who  had  married  his  daughter.  These  commissioners  were  to  determine  the  upper 
waters  of  the  Rappahannock  river.  According  to  Col.  Wm.  Byrd,  of  Westover,  one  of  the 
commissioners  on  the  part  of  the  Crown,  as  recorded  by  Rev.*  Phil.  Slaughter  in  ‘‘History 
of  St.  Mark’s  Parish,”  page  25,  the  following  is  his  testimony:  ‘‘Jno.  Taliaferro,  Gentle¬ 
man,  aged  forty-nine  years,  saith  about  the  year  1707  he  came  to  live  where  he  now  lives 
above  ‘Snow  Creek,’  nine  miles  below  the  falls,  and  there  were  then  but  three  settlements 
above  his  house  on  the  south  side  of  the  river.  He  had  been  acquainted  with  the  fork  of 
^e  river  above  twenty-four  years  and  that  one  of  the  forks  was  called  South  River  until 
Governor  Spotswood,  above  twenty  years  ago,  named  the  south  branch  ‘Rapidan,’  and  it 
has  ever  since  been  so  called.”  TTie  final  decision  of  the  boundary  gave  Lord  Fairfax  the 
original  county  of  Culpepper,  now  included  in  the  present  counties  of  Culppper,  Madison 
and  Rapahannock. 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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prol).  1759  ill  King  George  co.  By  first  marriage  were  Catlett 
Conway,  mentioned  in  Col.  Catlett’s  will,  and  Bleanor  Rose,  b. 
17:32,  mar.  17-49.  Col.  Janies  IMadison,  Sr.,  who  were  parents  of 
]’resident  James  Madison,  b.  IMarcli  5,  1751,  at  Port  Conway,  on 
Bappaliannock,  opposite  Port  Royal.  Rebecca  i\loore's  will,  (Jth 
Nov.,  1759,  prob.  8tli  March,  17(;(). 

(7)  IMargaret,^  to  whom  her  father  bequeathed  his  home-place, 
“Green  Hill,”  and  1,800  acres  on  the  freshes  of  the  Rappahannock 
river,  married  late  in  life  John  Gibson,  of  Essex.  It  is  said  by  the 
historian  of  the  family,  lYin.  Fitzhngh  Catlett,  that  the  above 
legacies  were  left  upon  the  condition  that  she  remained  unmarried. 
“She  ]ireferred  matrimony  to  patrimony  and  forfeited  her  right  to 
above.” 

Will  of  the  second  John  Catlett,  dated  18th  Kovember,  17‘24,  and 
witnessed  by  John  Elliott,  John  Evars  and  John  Catlett,  gives  to 
his  two  .sons,  John  and  Thomas,  and  his  daughter,  ^largaret,  1,800 
acres  in  freshes  of  Rappahannock  river,  in  the  county  of  Essex. 

“To  son  Thos.,  lands  on  south  side  of  Cedar  creek. 

“To  dau.  IMargaret,  dwelling  jilantation. 

“To  dau. -in-law  Alice  Catlett,  land  and  four  negroes. 

“To  son  John,  household  furniture  and  some  stock. 

“To  granddau.  ^[artha  Taliaferro,  some  negroes,  with  son  John 
as  her  trustee. 

“To  dau,  IMargaret,  household  and  kitchen  furniture  and  some 
land. 

“To  son  Thomas,  all  of  my  land  purchased  hy  me  and  Rowland 
Thornton,  of  IMicajah,  and  Richd.  Perry,  being  part  of  mortgage 
from  Chas.  Smith,  IMicajah  Perry,  Thos.  Lane  and  Richd.  Perry. 

“To  son  Thomas,  upper  part  of  said  purchased  land. 

“To  son  Thomas,  600  acres  in  Spotsylvania  co.  and  400  acres,  part 
of  same  tract  that  1  gave  to  my  grandson  Catlett  Conway. 

“To  son  John,  a  negro,  my  silver  tankard  and  silver  spoons,  silver 
seal  and  old  damask  table  cloth  and  napkins. 

“To  son  Thomas,  my  clock. 

“Rest  of  personal  estate,  money,  tobacco,  cattle,  hogs,  horses,  sheep 
and  whatever  else  T  have  not  given  away,  to  he  divided  equally 
among  my  said  five  children,  John,  Thomas,  ^lary,  Elizabeth  and 
Rebecca.  Executors,  sous  John  and  Thos.” 

Descendants  of  John  Catlett  the  Third. 

Descendants  of  third  John,  d.  1769,  who  is  believed  to  have  mar, 
(I )  ^lary  or  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Jno.  Taliaferro,  and  had  a  son,  John 
-ith,  of  age  at  father’s  death  1769,  who  in  his  will  mentions  “John 
and  my  minor  children,”  and  names  his  sou  John  and  brother 
Thomas  as  executors.  He  mar.  (II),  20th  October,  1726,  ^lary 
Grayson,  of  S})otsylvania  co.,  Va.  He  witnessed  a  deed  in  1724  and 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


signs  ^‘Jno.  Catlett,  Jr.,  and  in  1730  he  made  a  deed  to  his  son,  Jno. 
Catlett,  Jr.,  and  signs  himself  “Jno.  Catlett,  Gent.”  He  was  of  the 
vestry  of  St.  George,  1738. 


Issue. 

(1)  By  first  marriage  he  had  John,®  b.  circa  1705,  d.  Dec.  13, 
1744,  to  whom  he  made  a  deed  in  1730;  mar.  Sept.  25,  1727,  Alice 
Gibson,  d.  Mar.  15,  1701,  daugbter  of  Jonathan  Gibson,  justice  and 
burgess  for  Caroline,  1736-38-40.  He  was  of  Orange  co.  and  of 
vestry  of  St.  Mark’s.  His  will.  Mar.  28,  1744,  prob.  1745,  recorded 
in  Eiclmiond  co.  (See  below.) 

Issue  by  Second  Marriage  (Mary  Gmyson). 

(2)  lilary*  mar.  Jonathan  Gibson,  who  had  lands  in  King  George 
co.,  in  1748,  and  had  issue,  among  others,  Catlett,  who  mar.  Martha 
Ball,  whose  mother  was  a  dan.  of  Chas.  and  Mildred  (Thomson) 
Washington.  Jonathan  Gibson  was  sheriff  of  King  George  co., 
1736 ;  tobacco  inspector  at  a  warehouse  on  Bapp.  river,  opposite 
Boy’s,  in  Caroline. 

(3)  Judith,^  one  of  the  sponsors  of  President  Madison,  1751, 
mar.  John  Bowie,  of  The  “Hill,”  Caroline  co.,  Va.,  and  had  dan., 
Catherine,  mar.  Col.  Jas.  Pendelton  and  had  nine  children,  among 
them,  Catlett,  died  unmarried,  and  Catherine,  mar.  Archibald 
Tutt.  (See  Slaughters,  St.  Mark’s.) 

(4)  Elizabeth,^  one  of  sponsors  for  President  Madison,  1751. 

(5)  BenjamiiP  sold  in  1762  lands  to  Jas.  Garnett,  in  Caroline, 
and  a  suit  in  same  county  in  1762.  No  further  information  of  him. 

(6)  Beuben,^  living  in  N.  E.  part  of  Caroline  co.  in  1776. 

(8)  WillianP  mar.,  1765,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Dr.  Wm.  and 
Martha  (Taliaferro)  Fitzhugh.  Nothing  further  known  of  him. 
No  descendants  have  been  found  of  either  Benjamin,  Beuben  or 
William. 

Will  of  3rd  Jobn  Catlett,  dated  14th  June,  1738,  prob.  June  3, 
1739,  gives : 

“To  son  John,  five  shillings. 

“To  son  Benjamin,  tract  of  land  I  now  live  on  and  tract  I  bought 
of  Jno.  Todd. 

“To  son  Beuben,  tract  called  Mamum  Oak  Quarters. 

“To  son  William,  500  acres  in  Orange  co. 

“To  wife,  1/7  part  of  personal  property  and  at  ber  death  equally 
divided  l)etween  my  six  children,  who  receive  balance  of  personal, 
viz;  Mary  Catlett  and  Judith  and  Eliza  A.  Catlett,  and  three  sons, 
Benjamin,  Beuben  and  William  Catlett. 

“Bro.  Tbomas  Catlett  and  son  Jobn  Catlett,  Exs.” 

Witnesses;  Jonatban  Gibson,  Geo.  Todd  and  Bobt.  Lindsey. 


Descendants  of  Cot.  John  Catlett. 


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Will  of  4th  John  Catlett,  dated  28th  Nov.,  1744,  probated  28th 
March,  1745,  gives : 

“To  dau.  Elizabeth  some  negroes,  furniture  and  a  black  mare 
called  Xelh’  Clare. 

“Wife  to  live  on  an}'  of  mv  land  during  her  life  or  widowhood. 

“To  mv  four  sons,  Lawrence,  Jonathan,  Thomas  and  George, 
land  I  now  live  on,  to  be  equally  divided  when  Lawrence  comes  of 
age. 

“To  my  son  John  all  lands  in  Caroline  co.,  and  in  case  he  dies 
before  he  becomes  of  age  then  to  Lawrence. 

“Rest  of  estate  divided  equally  l)etween  wife  and  five  sons,  John, 
Lawrence,  Jonathan,  Thomas  and  George.” 

Wife,  son  and  Jonathan  Gibson,  executors.  Wife  Alice  renounced 
will  and  claimed  dower. 

Descendants  of  John,  d.  1744,  Mar.,  Sept.  25,  1727,  Alice  Gibson,  d.  March 
15,  1761,  of  Orange  County,  Va.  (the  Fourth  John). 

(1)  Child  born  dead. 

(2)  Elizabeth,^  b.  Mar.  25,  1729,  mar.  - Johnson,  who  lived 

but  a  short  time. 

(3)  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  15,  1731,  d.  April  18,  1732. 

(4)  John,®  b.  Oct.  8,  1733,  d.  Dec.  9,  1789,  mar.  Elizabeth  Thorn- 
berry.  (See  below  for  descendants.) 

(5)  Sarah,  the  second  of  this  name,  b.  SeiJ.  8,  1735,  d.  Sept.  17, 
1743. 

(6)  Lawrence,  1).  July  23,  1737,  will  prob.  June,  1782,  mar,, 
1760,  Mary,  dau,  of  Kemp  Taliaferro,  d.  1749,  and  wife,  IMary 
Thornton,  settled  at  “Locust  Grove,”  near  Stevensburg,  Culpepper 
co.,  Va. 

Kemp  Taliaferro  was  son  of  Charles,  and  his  wife,  Ann,  dau.  of 
Mattliew  Kemp,  and  grandson  of  Jno.  Taliaferro,  “the  Ranger.” 
and  liis  wife,  Sarah,  dau.  of  i\Iajor  Lawrence  Smith,  of  Bacon’s 
Rebellion.  He  was  of  vestry  of  St.  IMark’s  parish.  For  descend¬ 
ants,  see  below. 

(7)  Jonathan,®  b.  Sept.  27,  1739,  sells  to  his  bro.  Lawrence,  in 
1770,  his  part  of  a  tract  left  to  Lawrence,  Jonathan,  Thomas  and 
George,  surveyed  and  divided  in  17(i4.  Tn  this  deed  he  signs  from 
King  W  illiam  co.,  joined  by  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  and  witnessed  by 
Jno.  (juarles.  Win.  Aylett  and  Jno.  Catlett  (son  of  Thos.).  Who 
was  this  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  is  not  known,  nor  his  descendants,  but 
in  King  M  illiam  Records  lands  and  negroes  are  assessed  to  Samuel 
Jones  Catlett  from  1798  to  1810,  to  Jonathan  Catlett  from  1802  to 
1810,  and  to  Ann  Catlett  from  1805  to  1819.  It  is  highly  probable 
that  these  are  descendants  of  Jonathan  and  suggests  that  his  wife 
was  a  Jones,  jiossibly  daughter  of  Samuel  dones. 


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]\liss  LiUirii  Lenoir  N'orwood,  of  Lenoir,  N.  C.,  in  a  letter  seeking 
information  relative  to  the  Catlett  family,  says  that  in  the  olden 
days  there  we^c  several  intermarriages  between  the  “Jones,”  of 
Orange  co.,  Ya.,  and  the  Catletts.  It  is  highly  probable  that  the 
wife  of  Jonathan  was  Elizabeth  Jones.  It  is  also  probable  that 
Sam'I  Jones  Catlett  or  Jonathan  Catlett  may  be  ancestor  of  the 
following  and  other  Catletts  now  found  in  and  around  Eichmond, 
since  none  are  found  to-day  in  King  William  county.  The  follow¬ 
ing  are  given,  with  others,  in  and  around  Eichmond,  unclassified: 

Descendants  of  Wm.  Samuel  Catlett  and  First  Wife,  Elizabeth 
Beasley,  of  .Spotsylvania  County. 

(1)  Jno.  L.,  b.  1862,  d.  July  6,  lois,  in  Goochland  Co.,  mar.  Jennie 

E.,  and  lives  in  Eichmond,  and  has:  (a)  Clarence  D.,  (b) 
Horace  L.,  (c)  Bessie,  (d)  Louise,  (e)  Euth. 

(2)  j\Iary  Ellen,  mar. - Britt  and  lives  in  Eichmond.  Issue: 

(a)  William,  (b)  Maurice,  (c)  Eussell,  (d)  Beatrice,  (e) 
Otis,  (f)  Lucy. 

By  Second  Wife,  Sarah  C.  Garnett. 

(3)  Philip,  mar.  Florence  Carter,  and  lives  in  Caroline  Co.  Issue: 

(a)  Julian,  (b)  Elmo,  (c)  Dewey. 

(4)  Muscoe  Eussell,  d.  Jidy  9,  1910,  mar.  1890,  Julia  Brown,  of 

Cumberland  Co.,  who  mar.  (II)  W.  L.  Toone,  of  Eichmond. 
Issue  by  first  marriage:  (a)  Gertrude,  mar.  Lewis  Heath 
and  lives  in  Eichmond;  (b)  William  J.,  (c)  Curtis,  (d)  Ella. 

(5)  Morris,  mar.  Mrs.  Maud  Harlow  and  had  one  son,  Eobert. 

The  following  live  in  Eichmond  and  have  not  been  classified : 
Charles  M.  Catlett,  Eugene  Catlett,  Eussell  Catlett. 

The  folloAving  from  the  Caroline  Eecords  perhaps  belongs  here: 
“Married,  by  Eev.  E.  H.  W.  Buckner,  Eobt.  S.  Catlett  to  Kitty  Ann 
Lafoe,  May  19tli,  1849.” 

(8)  Thomas,®  b.  Sept.  15,  1741.  tie  entered  Eev.  Army,  1776 
and  the  following  is  his  record  from  Heitman:  “Ensign  2nd  Va., 
19th  Feb.,  1776;  1st  lieut.,  26th  Nov.,  1776;  capt.-lieut.,  11th 
March,  1777;  capt.,  8th  March,  1779.  Killed  at  Waxhaws  29th 
May,  1780.” 

This  company,  as  it  stood  March  1,  1776,  according  to  Saffel : 
Morgan  Alexander,  capt. ;  Marquis  Calmes,  1st  Lieut. ;  Thos.  Cat¬ 
lett,  2nd  lieut. 

Campbell,  in  his  “History  of  A^irginia,”  says  Alajor  Catlett  was 
killed  at  Guilford  Court  House,  N.  C.  A  search  everywhere,  in 
military  records  at  Eichmond  and  Washington,  failed  to  sub- 


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stantiate  this  assertion.  It  is  presumed  he  referred  to  Capt.  Catlett, 
killed  in  Buford’s  defeat  by  Tarleton  at  Waxhaws,  S.  C.  A  land 
warrant  was  issued  to  his  brother  John,  as  per  following  extract: 
“June  26th,  1783,  Capt.  Thos.  Catlett,  of  Ya.  Continental  Line 
allowed  4,000  acres,  paid  to  Jno.  Catlett,  heir  and  legal  representa¬ 
tive  of  Capt.  Thos.  Catlett,  Dec.  5.”  (Land  Warrants  Kd.,  Ya., 
Book  I,  page  211.) 

•  In  1837  the  following  memorial  was  presented  : 


“To  Ilis  Excellency : 

“The  memorial  of  Lawrence  Catlett,  Koht.,  tVilly  Ann,  i\Iary, 
Peter  (Patrick),  Washington,  Fitzhugh,  Thomas,  Evelina  and 
Elizabeth  Catlett  and  Sarah  Thornton,  all  of  Caroline  co.,  and 
Samuel  Catlett,  of  Fauquier,  being  nephews  and  nieces  and  only 
heirs  at  law  of  Capt.  Thos.  Catlett,  who  was  a  citizen  of  Caroline 
co.  when  he  entered  the  Pev.  Army.  *  *  *  He  entered  army 

very  early  in  the  war,  was  appointed  Capt.  and  was  killed  by  the 
enemy  at  the  battle  of  Bluford’s  (Buford’s)  defeat. 


Signed :  Lawrence  Catlett. 
Samuel  Catlett. 
Washington  Catlett. 
Fitzhugh  Catlett. 
Thomas  Catlett. 
Evelina  Catlett. 
“Lawrence  Catlett  personally 


Sarah  A.  Thornton. 
Eliza  Catlett. 

Pobt.  Ct.  P.  Catlett. 
Patrick  Catlett. 
Willv  Aline  Catlett. 
:\Iary  E.  L.  Catlett, 
■ared  and  made  oath,  &c. 

“F.  \V.  Battaille,  J.  P.” 


This  paper  is  endorsed  on  back : 

“Thos  Catlett. 

“Service  from  2nd  Feb.,  1776,  to  3rd  ISTov.,  1783.  Deducting 
amt.  formerly  received  for  3  yrs.  services  D.  Campbell,  4,000  acres 
26th  June,  1783,  Ensign  2nd  Feb.,  1776,  killed  at  Buford’s  defeat.” 


The  following  Bounty  Warrants  in  the  State  Library : 

“Certified  that  Captain  Thomas  Catlett  entered  the  Army  Febru¬ 
ary  2nd,  1776,  as  an  ensign,  and  continued  in  service  till  May  29th, 
1780,  when  he  was  killed  in  action  at  Waxhaws,  S.  C. 

“S.VMUEL  H.vwes,  Lt.  Col. 

“Jany.  17th,  1782.” 


“Capt.  Thomas  Catlett  served  in  .the  Pev.  Army  from  February 
2,  1776,  to  Nov.  23,  1783.  Heirs:  Lawrence  Catlett,  AVashington 
Catlett,  Fitzhugh,  Thomas,  Evelina,  AAMshington,  Sarah  A.  Thorn¬ 
ton,  Elizabeth  C.,  Pobert  G.  P.,  Patrick  P.,  AVilly  Ann,  Alary  E.  L.” 

Peport  of  House  of  Delegates,  1835,  Doc.  6,  p.  80: 

“Thos.  Catlett  enlisted  Feh.  5th,  1776,  continued  in  service  to 
Alay  29th,  1780.  See  certificate  of  Lieut.  Col.  S.  Hawes.  His 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


heirs  received  in  1783  4.000  acres  of  land  for  three  years’  service. 
Entitled  to  additional  Bounty  Land.  Service  should  he  estimated 
from  Feb.  2,  1776,  to  April  22nd,  1783.” 

‘‘House  of  Delegates,  May  31st,  1779. — Warrant  to  Capt.  Thomas 
Catlett  for  provisions  &c  for  his  company  from  King  William 
County,  per  P.  E.,  and  accoi;nt  book,  1779.” 

“Company  as  it  stood  March  1st,  1777 ;  Thomas  Catlett,  2nd 
Lieut.” 

E evolutionary  Soldiers,  Vol.  4;  “Thomas  Catlett,  Captain  In¬ 
fantry  322,16,8.  received  by  Mr.  Gilchrist  Jan.  4,  1783.” 

From  land  hooks  at  Eichmond,  Va.,  we  find  the  following : 

“28th  ^lar.  1853. — Thomas  Catlett  allowed  additional  699  acres 
on  account  of  service  fi’om  2nd  Feb.  1776,  to  Nov.  3rd,  1783. 

“Geo.  W.  Stephens,  Assignee.” 

This  warrant  was  paid  to  Thos.  L.,  Geo.  W.,  Willy  Ann,  Mary  E., 
Eoht.  G.  E..  Susan,  Edwin  C.,  Patrick  E.,  Elizabeth  F.,  Thos.  C., 
Jno.  F.,  j\[ary  C.,  Sarah  T.,  Elizabeth  G.,  and  Win.  F.,  Catlett  and 
Sarah  Ann  and  Maria  Evelina  Thornton,  heirs  at  law  of  Capt  Thos. 
Catlett. 

loth  January,  1854,  Warrant  No.  9619  issued  for  585  acres  to 
Samuel  Catlett  and  the  heirs  generally  of  Elizabeth  and  Alice 
Buckner,  heirs  at  law  of  Thos.  Catlett,  deceased,  captain  in  Conti¬ 
nental  Line.  (Book  3,  573.) 

(9)  George,®  b.  May  6,  1743,  d.  Sept.  13,  1814,  was  lieutenant 
in  Navy  during  the  Eevolution.  Campbell,  in  his  history,  page 
723,  says;  “Geo.  Catlett,  Lieut,  in  Marines,  and  in  the  brig  ‘Mos¬ 
quito,’  Capt.  Harris,  in  a  voyage  to  the  West  Indies,  1781,  was 
captured  by  the  British  frigate  ‘Ariadne,”  after  taking  two  prizes, 
and  carried  with  others  to  Barbados,  where  they  were  confined  in 
jail  and  in  prison  ship.  They  were  taken  to  England  and  incar¬ 
cerated  in  Fortune  Jail  at  Gosport,  where  they  were  cruelly  treated. 
They  escaped  and  returned  to  America,  and  again  bore  arms  against 
the  enemy.” 

The  following  extracts  are  taken  from  the  State  Library : 

Ms.  Tol.  Eer.  Soldiers,  No.  5; 

“George  Catlett,  Lieut.  Infantry,  received  pension,  himself, 
March  12,  1785.” 

“April  25tb,  1838.  Bounty  granted  to  the  heirs  of  Lt.  George 
Catlett  of  the  Navy.  He  was  Lieut,  of  Marines  March,  1776;  went 
to  sea  in  brig  Mosquito  in  1776;  was  captured  and  imprisoned  in 
England  till  1781,  when  he  escaped  and  returned  to  the  United 
States  and  enlisted  in  the  Land  Forces  as  Lieutenant  of  Infantry; 
and  continued  in  service  till  Siege  of  Yorktown,  then  retired.  He 


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lived  in  Port  Eoyal  and  his  children  were  William,  Colin  B.,  Gleorge, 
Harriet  and  Ann  E/’ 

From  Land  Warrants  of  Eichmond  we  find: 

‘‘On  Feb.  1st,  1834,  Geo.  Catlett,  Lieut,  in  iSTavy,  allowed  2,(566 
acres  through  (4eo.  T.,  Colin  B.,  Ilarriet  and  Ann  E.  Catlett,  his 
children,  and  Lucy  Catlett,  his  wife. 

‘’On  May  18th,  1838,  Geo.  Catlett  allowed  1,333  acres  additional 
to  same.” 

Lieut.  Geo.  Catlett  lived  at  Port  Eoyal,  Caroline  co.,  Va.,  and  in 
1788  held  office  of  searcher  of  vessels.  (Calendar  Papers.) 

He  mar.  (I)  Eleanor  Johnson,  no  issue;  mar.  on  llay  11,  1798 
(II)  Lucy  Beverley  Buckner,  of  “The  Xeck,”  d.  Xov.  11,  18.65, 
dau.  of  Wm.  and  Dolly  (Eoy)  Buckner,  and  had  issue: 

(a)  Harriet  Thronton,®  b.  11th  April,  1799,  d.  Aug.  11,  1873  ;  un¬ 

married. 

(b)  George  Thomas,®  b.  4th  Aug.,  1801,  d.  29th  Sept.,  1842  ;  un¬ 

married. 

(c)  Wm.  Aylett,®  b.  9th  May,  1804,  d.  29th  June,  1833;  unmarried. 

(d)  John  Gibson,®  b.  30th  Mar.,  1806,  d.  1809,  aged  three  years. 

(e)  Colin  Buckner,®  b.  24th  Mar.,  1808,  d.  Aug.  9,  1856,  mar., 

June  27,  1840,  Ellen  Bankhead  Thornton,  of  “Olnisby,” 
Caroline  co.,  dau.  of  Griffin  and  Ann  (Harrison,  nee  Fitz- 
hugh)  Thornton,  and  had  issue.  (See  below.) 

(f)  Ann  Eliza,®  b.  20th  July,  1811,  d.  June  18th,  1880;  unmarried. 

Descendants  of  Colin  Buckner®  and  Ellen  Bankhead  (Thornton) 
Catlett  are : 

(a)  Geo.  William,'^  mar.  Lucy  Garnett  Brooke,  of  Essex  Co.,  dau 
of  Wm.  Hill  and  first  wife,  Jane  Lawrence  Brooke,  and  had  : 

(1)  Wm.  Brooke,®  electrical  engineer,  of  Eichmond,  Ya.; 
mai-.  Anne  Shepherd,  of  Eichmond,  and  has  Anne  and 
Shepherd.  They  have  Lieut.  Geo.  Catlett's  Bible  and 
have  kindly  furnished  dates  above. 

(2)  Lucy  Brooke,®  mar.  Herman  Pollard,  and  has  Herman 
and  Alice. 

(3)  Ellen  Bankhead,®  d.  y. 

(4)  Hattie  Brooke,®  d.  y. 

(5)  John  Allen,®  d.  y. 

(b)  Lucy  Beverley,'  mar.  (2nd  wife)  Wm.  Hill  Brooke,  of  Brooke’s 
Bank,  Essex  co.,  Loretto  P.  0.  She  has  furnished  much  in¬ 
formation  relative  to  this  branch.  Issue; 

(1)  Ellen  Bankhead,®  mar.,  1890,  Henry  Latane,  son  of 
Dr.  Griffin  and  Ann  (Govan)  Fauntleroy,  and  had  (1) 


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Descendants  of  Cot.  John  Catlett. 


Win..  (IT)  Harriet  Tunstall,  (III)  Henry  Latane,  (IV) 
iMarv  Gordon,  (V)  Ellen  Garnett. 

(2)  PTarriet  Catlett,®  mar.,  1890,  Eobt.  Bruce  Eauntleroy, 
son  of  Capt.  Virginins  Hillman  and  Mary  Peachy 
Eauntleroy.  and  had  (1)  Stuart  Baylor,  (IT)  Ellen 
Perry,  (III)  Lucille  Beverley,  (IV)  Virginius  Hill¬ 
man,  (V)  Wm.  Garnett,  (VI)  Anne  Brooke,  (VII) 
Mary  Peachy,  (VITI)  Francis  Downing,  (IX)  Eobt. 
Brnce,  (X)  Julian  Hill. 

(3)  Ann  Eliza,®  mar.,  1894,  Latane  Sale,  son  of  Chas.  and 
Mary  Susan  (Latane)  Sale,  and  has  (I)  Chas.  Latane, 
(II)  Beverley  Brooke. 

(4)  Geo.  Colin,®  d.  y.  (5)  ;  Maria  Whiting,®  d.  y.  (6)  ;  Hill 
Beverly,®  d.  y.  (7)  ;  Colin  Bankhead,®  d.  y. 

(c)  Harriet  Thornton,"  mar.  Alexander  Tunstall,  d.  s.  p. 

(d)  Ann  Gordon,"  unmarried. 

(e)  Eobt.  Maurice,"  unmarried. 

(f)  Alice  Gibson,'^  mar.  Wm.  Baghy,  of  King  and  Queen,  and  had 

(1)  Eliza  Ware,®  (2)  Wm.  Catlett.®. 


Descendants  of  Lawrence'^  (Marrieil  in  1760)  anil  Mary  Taliaferro  Catlett. 


In  will,  June  30,  1782,  recorded  in  Culpepper  co.,  he  mentions 
wife  IMary  and  seven  children,  viz:  Mary,  Kemp,  Thomas,  Sarah, 
Alice,  Xancy  and  George.  Xames  wife  Mary  and  two  sons,  Kemp 
and  Thomas,  and  James  Pendleton  executors.  There  is  a  deed  in 
Culpepper  Eecords,  dated  4th  of  January,  1770,  from  Jonathan 
Catlett,  his  brother,  and  wife  Elizabeth,  of  King  William  co.,  to 
Lawrence  Catlett,  his  part  of  340  acres  of  1,528  acres  left  by  his 
father,  John  Catlett,  d.  1744,  to  his  sons,  Lawrence,  George, 
Jonathan  and  Thomas.  Witnesses  to  deed  in  King  William  co. 
were  Jno.  Quarles,  Wm.  Aylett  and  Jno.  Catlett  (son  of  Thomas). 

This  tract  of  1,528  acres  was  on  the  Great  Fork  of  the  Eappahan- 
nock,  on  the  north  branch  of  Mountain  Eun,  called  “Jonas  Eun,” 
and  was  divided  as  follows,  July  21,  1768;  Jonathan,  340  acres; 
Thomas,  400  acres ;  George,  448  acres,  and  Lawrence,  340  acres. 
The  vestry  of  St.  Mark’s  parish  met  at  the  house  of  Lawrence 
Catlett  in  1770  to  decide  upon  the  location  of  a  glebe.  Tracts  of 
Francis  Slaughter  and  Geo.  Catlett  had  been  recommended;  they 
selected  the  former. 


Issue  of  Lawreiice  Catlett. 

(1)  i\Iary,®  h.  1761,  d.  1816,  mar.  (I)  Dr.  George  Yates,  surgeon 
in  the  Eevolution.  His  will,  dated  Xov.  15,  1788,  mentions 
wife,  Mary  Catlett;  bro. -in-law,  Kemp  Catlett;  son,  Lawrence 
Catlett  Yates,  and  grandson.  Geo.  Yates,  of  Caroline  Co.,  Va. 


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From  his  will,  he  had  a  grandson,  Geo.  Yates,  therefore  must 
have  been  previoi;sly  married.  l\Iarv  mar.. (II)  in  1790,  Major 
Itenben  Zimmerman,  d.  1811,  son  of  Frederick  and  Sarah 
^lorgan  Zimmerman,  and  liad  issue.  (See  “Zimmerman, 
Waters  and  Allied  Families,”  page  7.) 

(2)  Kemp,®  b.  1765,  d.  April  4,  1813,  of  dropsy  of  the  heart,  mar. 
June  16,  1790,  Sallie  Zimmerman  Pierce,  1).  June  5,  1774,  d. 
Aug.  15,  1842,  at  Darlington,  S.  C.,  and  had  issue.  (See 
helow.) 

(3)  Thomas,®  b.  1765,  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  and  received  in 
1835  a  pension,  then  70  years  old.  Little  is  known  of  him ;  he 
is  probably  the  father  of  Albert  Catlett,  who  mar,  Lucy  Pollard 
Dec.  26,  1807,  according  to  the  records  of  Culpepper  co.,  Va. 

(4)  Sarah,®  b.  1767,  mar.  Sept.  7,  1798  (2nd  wife),Robt.  Toombs, 
of  Ga.,  and  had  Lawrence,  a  half-brother  of  Hon.  Robt. 
ToomI)s,  the  distinguished  orator,  statesman  and  soldier  of  Ga. 

(5)  Alice,®  I).  1769,  d.  Jan.,  1796;  unmarried. 

(6)  Ann®  (recorded  always  as  Nancy),  b.  1770,  mar.  Major  Jno. 
Chevis,  of  Spotsylvania,  and  brigade  inspector  during  Revolu¬ 
tion.  No  issue. 

(7)  Geo.  W.,®  1).  1772.  After  his  father’s  death  he  moved  to 
Augusta,  Ga.,  where  he  hecame  a  Judge  and  amassed  a  fortune, 
and  died  unmarried,  and  his  estate  distributed  among  charities, 
so  a  relative  was  informed  hy  Hon.  Robt.  Toombs,  of  Georgia. 

DeN(*<*n<lauts  of  Iveiiip  and  Sallie  Ziiiiinermau  (Pierce)  Catlett. 

Kemp  Catlett  was  a  friend  and  neighbor  of  Thomas  Jefferson  and 
lived  in  a  large  brick  house  u])on  grounds  of  present  University  of 
A  irginia,  which,  it  is  said,  he  sold  to  Air.  Jefferson.  In  Henning’s 
Statutes,  AMI.  16,  page  212,  Kemp  Catlett,  Gent.,  was  one  of  the 
trustees  of  the  town  of  Alilton,  All)emarle  Co.,  A"a.  They  had  issue : 

(1)  Lawrence'  Taliaferro,  b.  April  30,  1792,  d. - in  Fairmount, 

111.,  mar.  Jan.  8,  1718,  Sallie  Xelson  Harmon,  b.  April  10, 
1792,  of  Staunton,  A'a.  (See  below.) 

(2)  AA  illiam,'  b.  Dec.  18,  1793,  mar.  Dec.  6,  1818,  Polly  Seay,  and 
d.  s.  ]). 

(3)  Thomas  Kemp,"  b.  Alay  11,  1796,  died  before  1845,  mar.  Dec. 

6,  1832,  Caroline  Ann  Crosby.  He  was  a  presiding  elder  of 
the  Alcthodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  and  lived  and  died 
in  Abingdon,  A'a.  Issue;  Thos.  Kemp,®,  b.  x\ug.,  1835,  no 
other  information  of  him ;  Fannie,®  mar. - Long. 

Sumner’s  “History  of  AVashington  County,  A'irginia,”  of  which 
Abingdon  is  the  county  seat,  has  the  following:  “At  a  session  of 
the  court  in  January,  1863,  Rev.  Thomas  Catlett  was  appointed 


Det<cen(Ian Ls  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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agent  of  the  eonntv  to  go  to  N^ortli  Carolina  to  purchase  cotton, 
yarn  and  domestic  for  the  destitute  families  of  the  soldiers  of  this 
county.”  Tliis  shows  that  Thos.  Kemp  followed  in  the  footsteps 
of  his  father  and  became  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  but  we  have  no 
further  information  of  him  or  his  descendants. 

(4)  George  Washington,"  b.  duly  10,  1798,  mar.,  in  Alexandria, 
A’a.,  i\Iargaret  IMurray,  a  widow,  nee  McDonald.  He  moved 
to  Jackson,  La.,  engaged  in  planting,  and  died  there.  Issue : 

(a)  Georgiana,®  mar.  Henry  Clark  and  had  (1)  Susan  Ann,® 

mar.  Wm.  Love  and  had  AVilliam ;  (II)  Charles,®  (III) 
Clinton,®  (I A")  a  daughter.® 

(b)  Margaret,®  mar.  Louis  Pulliam  and  had  i\Iargaret,®  who 

mar. - Jackson  and  had  Catlett^®  Jackson. 

(c)  Eliza,®  mar.  (I)  Eugene  Brady  and  had  Eugene,®  killed 

by  an  Italian;  (II)  Isaac  Hooper.  Ho  issue. 

(d)  Flora,®  mar.,  (I)  - AAliite,  no  issue;  (II)  Isaac  Hooper 

and  had  Irene  Stone,®  mar.  Harry  Beck  Hill,  of  Hart- 
ney,  Montana,  and  has  (I)  Flora  Virginia,^®  (II)  Lydia 
Beck,^®  (III)  Irene  Catlett.^® 

(5)  Mary  Ann,"  b.  Sept.  7,  1800,  d.  s.  p.  in  Darlington,  S.  C. 

(6)  Kobert,",  h.  Aug.  9,  1802,  d.  s.  p.  of  bilious  fever,  Ai;g.  9,  1830, 
in  Darlington,  S.  C. 

(7)  Eeuben  Pierce,®  b.  July  30,  1804,  mar.  A^irginia  AAhnter,  sister 
to  Airs.  Gov.  Foote,  of  Aliss.,  and  d.  s.  p.  June  28th,  1833,  at 

Clinton,  Aliss. 

(8)  John  Catlett,',  b.  Alay  20,  1807,  at  Charlottesville,  AM.,  mar. 
in  Jackson,  La.  (whither  he  had  moved  with  his  brother  Geo.), 
April  22,  1834,  Mary  Elizabeth  AIcDonald,  whose  mother  was 
Agnes  Spink,  dan.  of  Dr.  Patrick  Spink,  of  Jamaica.  Jno. 
Catlett  died  in  Jackson,  La.,  April  15,  1853.  (For  issue,  see 
below. ) 

(9)  Sarah  Pierce,"  b.  June  16,  1809,  mar.  Eev.  Louis  DuPre,  of 
Darlington,  S.  C.,  where  she  died  s.  p. 


Deseendimts  o(  Lawreuce  Taliaferro''  and  Sallie  Nelson  (Harmon)  Catlett, 

They  moved  to  Bloomingburg,  Ohio,  in  1835,  and  from  there  to 
Fairmont,  Ilk,  in  1844,  where  they  died.  Issue: 

(1)  Alaria  Louise,®  b.  Oct.  31,  1817,  d.  1892,  mar.,  1837,  AAhn. 
Sandford  Carr,  of  Horth  Carolina,  who,  in  1854,  moved  to 
Illinois,  and  had  issue :  John,  b.  1839 ;  Elizabeth  Sarah,  b. 
1841;  AAhn.  Sanford,  b.  1843;  Mary  Louisa,  b.  1845,  now  Airs. 
Julian,  oi'  Urbana,  Ill.;  James  Hess,  b.  1847 ; 'Carrie,  b.  1849. 
(2  )  Alatthew  Kemp  Taliaferro,®  b.  Feb.  16,  1820,  d.  Sept.  23,  1853, 
mar.,  1843,  Elizabeth  Anderson,  and  had  issue : 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


2d 


(a)  .losepli  Lawrence,'*  b.  1844,  of  Broadlaiuls,  111.,  mar. 
Hannah  Ilnsli,  and  had  (I)  Thos.  B.,^“  b.  Sept.  ‘23, 

18()8,  mar.  - ,  and  bas  issne ;  (IT)  Addle  b. 

April  10,  1870,  mar.  - ,  and  has  issne;  (HI)  Lucy 

1).  July  "28,  1880,  mar.  - ,  and  has  issue. 

(b)  Nancy,”  b.  184(5,  d.  19.10. 

(c)  Kmma,”  b.  1848,  d.  1850. 

(d)  Hettie,'”  b.  1850. 

(e)  Kemp,”  I).  1853. 

(3)  IMary  Ann  Catherine,®  h.  Ang.  1821,  d.  18!)7.  mar.  three 
times,  (I)  Albert  Booker,  no  issue;  (II)  James  Lee,  issne 
Theodosia,”  d.  y. ;  (III)  Wm.  Davis,  no  issue. 

(4)  Hiram  Harmon,®  b.  Oct.  21,  1823,  d.  Feb.,  1902,  mar.,  1858, 
Lou  Koudebush,  and  had  issue: 

(a)  Nellie  Taliaferro,”  h.  Aug.  2,  1859,  mar.  Goo.  Clarence 
Adams,  and  had  (1)  i\Iarjorie,^"  b.  188(5,  mar.  Berry 
Howe;  (11)  Marian,'”  b.  188(5.  All  live  at  775  Garland 
street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

(b)  Blanche  Lewis,”  b.  18(52,  d.  1864. 

(c)  George  Koudebush,”  a  banker  in  Fairmount,  Ill.,  b.  Aug. 
23,  18(54,  mar.,  1890,  Bertie  Y.  Tilton,  and  has:  (T) 
Shirle_v  Tilton,'”  h.  1891,  mar.,  1913,  Efiie  Wehrman; 
(II)  Kemp  Koudehush,'”  h.  1897,  a  student  in  college 
at  Granville,  Ohio.  They  live  at  Fairmount,  Ill. 

(d)  Hiram  Harmon,”  , I r.,  d.  y. 

(e)  Percy  Lawrence,”  h.  1870,  mar.,  1904,  Elizaheth  Fair- 
dough,  of  Pennsylvania,  and  they  now  live  in  Arkansas.. 
Issue:  Donald,'”  h.  1906,  and  Philip,'”  h.  1911. 

(f)  Corinne  IMarguerite,”  b.  1875,  mar.,  1904,  George  W. 
Le  Fever,  and  live  at  Gluey,  111. 

(5)  Harold  Alexander,®  b.  June  5,  1826,  d.  1902,  mar.,  April,  1858, 
Elizabeth  H.  Boulware,  “a  woman  of  strong  intellect  and  char¬ 
acter,”  and  had  issue : 

(a)  Oren,”  h.  1859,  mar.  Mary  Morrison  and  lives  at  i\fo- 
desta,  HI. 

(h)  Boulware,”  h.  1861,  mar.  Nora  Nowlin,  and  has  issue; 
Poland,'”  h.  1891;  Elizabeth,'”  Stanley,'”  Eugenie,'” 
Kohert,'”  and  an  infant;  all  living  at  Wiluka,  Okla. 

(c)  l\Iichael,”  d.  y. 

(d)  Kobt.  Ix'c,”  b.  1865,  mar.  Kosa  Nicholson,  and  had 
issue:  Gilbert,'”  b.  1897;  Thelma,'”  h.  1901;,  and  live 
at  Scottsvillc,  HI. 

(e)  Jno.  Shotwell,”  d.  y. 

(f)  Portia  Louise,”  h.  1879,  mar.Dr.  IVulwur,  and  have  twins, 

Elizabeth  and  Esther,  and  live  at  Willisvillo,  Ill. 

(g)  Wilfred  Hall,”  h.  1881,  mar.,  1904,  Archa  Gones,  ami 
had  issue:  Dorothy,  1905;  Herald,  li)07;  Kathlyn, 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


1909;  Tlieodora,  1911;  and  John  W.,  1915,  and  live  at 
Fairmont,  Ill. 

(h)  Lncins  Harman,”  b.  1884,  mar.  1907,  and  has  Margaret, 
1908,  and  infant,  d.  y.,  1915,  and  live  at  Scottsville,  Ill. 

(6)  Wm.  Lewis,”  b.  Ang.  22,  1828,  d.  Oct.  4,  1844. 

(7)  Kobt.  Thomas,”  b.  Nov.  29,  1831,  d.  Jan.,  1832. 

(8)  Sarah  Elizabeth,”  b.  Jan.  8,  1833,  d.  1905,  mar,  1850,  Alonzo 
Stearns.  Issue:  Edwin,  b.  1852;  Jester,  b.  1853,  mar.  Emma 
Dongbertv.  Issue:  Dorance,  and  live  at  Winchester,  Ind. ; 
Herman,  b.  1853,  of  Fairmont,  Ill.,  mar.  Anna  Gerling,  and 
lias  Frances,  b.  1891,  mar.  Cash  Frazier,  and  Mildred  b.  1895; 
Lawrence  Taliaferro,  b.  April  18,  1860,  mar.  Millie  Perry; 
Clement,  b.  Dec.,  1862,  mar.  Ella  Yerkes,  and  lives  at  Fair- 
haven,  IMo.,  and  has  Vernon,  Hester,  Eena,  Alonzo,  and  two 
other  children;  Herbert,  b.  1865,  mar.  Lillie  Hawkins,  and 
live  at  Gntbrie,  Okla.  Two  children,  Clyde  and  Lncille. 

(9)  Virginia  Lawrence,”  of  Fairmont,  Ill.,  b.  May  16,  1835,  and 
still  lives  and  has  furnished  the  above  accurate  account  of  the 
descendants  of  her  brothers  and  sisters,  mar.  (I)  April  2,  1860, 
Joseph  Eeese  and  had: 

(a)  Jeannette  L.,”  b.  1864,  mar.,  1886,  Chas.  B.  Tilton, 
and  has  Claude  Enoch,  b.  Nov.  16,  1887 ;  Nina  V. 
Tilton,  b.  June  11,  1890;  Walter  J.,  b.  June  23,  1894, 
student  at  University  of  Illinois;  Julia  E.,  b.  Sept.  2, 
1897,  student  in  high  school;  Edith  Euth,  b.  Nov.  27, 
1902. 

Virginia  Lawrence  mar.  (II)  April  17,  1873,  Dr.  C.  E. 
Lamoii.  No  issue. 

(10)  Caroline,®  b.  Jan.  22,  1838,  d.  Jnly  23,  1852,  s.  jr. 

(11)  Sophia  L.,”  b.  May  7,  1840,  d.  1868,  mar.,  1862,  Eeese  Davis, 
of  Maryland,  and  had: 

(a)  Virginia  E.,”  b.  1863,  mar.  Frank  Allsworth,  anA  had 

Paul,^”  John,i®  Herald,^”  (d.  y.)  and  twins,  FranU® 
and  Walter. 

(b)  Mary,”  b.  1865,  mar.,  1886,  Dr.  Frank  Van  Dorn,  d. 

1887. 

(12)  Lawrence  Taliaferro,®  b.  Nov.  9,  1843,  cl.  1854. 


Descendants  of  John,^  b.  May  20,  1807,  and  Mary  mizabeth  McDonald 
Catlett,  of  Jackson,  La. 

ISSUE : 

(1)  Sarah  Agnes,®  b.  Nov.  3,  1833,  d.  1905,  mar.  (I)  Nov.  3,  1853, 
Daniel  Boone  Pinson,  of  Wilkinson  co..  Miss.,  and  had:  (a) 
Nancy  Eliza,  mar.  (I)  Alex  Sebastian  Pipes,  and  had  Lilian, 
mar.  Eugene  Barham,  of  Oak  Eidge,  La.,  and  had  Mary  Eliza¬ 
beth,  Garnett,  Wm.  McKowen,  Sarah,  Eugene  and  a  son;  (b) 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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Alex  Sebastian,  mar.  Bertie  McIntosh,  no  issue;  (c)  Sarah 
Agnes,  unmarried;  (d)  Mary,  d.  y. 

Eliza  mar.  (II)  Abner  Wimberly;  no  issue. 

(2)  Eeubeii  Pierce,®  b.  1837,  member  Co.  C,  2ud  Regiment,  Con¬ 
federate  Army,  Sibley’s  Brigade;  wounded  at  Glorietta,  Mes- 
illon  Valley,  New  Mexico,  and  died  in  hospital  at  Santa  Fe 
18()2,  from  amputation  of  leg,  aged  25  years. 

(3)  Mary  Eliza,®  mar.  April  5,  1866,  Clark  Wm.  Miller,  and  had: 

(a)  Jno.  Catlett,®  mar.  a  Spanish  lady  and  had  Jno.  and  one 
other  son.  They  live  in  Mexico. 

(b)  Mary  Eliza,®  d.  y. 

(c)  Wm.  Clark,®  mar.  Mary  Bartlett,  of  Dallas,  Texas,  and 
had  Wm.  Clark,  Mary,  Jennie,  Alberta,  all  living  in 
Seattle,  W'ash. 

(d)  Merrick  DIcDonald,"  mar.  Fannie  Ellis,  of  Cleveland, 
Texas,  and  now  live  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  and  have 
Madeline  and  Jno.  Ellis. 

(4)  Virginia  Zimmerman,®  1).  1844,  d.  1912,  mar.,  Oct.  12,  1875 
(2nd  wife).  Judge  Rufus  King  Howell,  of  Supreme  Bench  of 
Louisiana,  and  living  at  “Afton  Villa,”  West  Feliciana  Parish, 
La.  Issue : 

(a)  Wm.  Catlett,”  mar.  Beatrice  Hubert,  of  New  Roads,  La., 
and  has  Garnett  Claudia. 

(b)  Garnett  CMlett,®  mar.  Lena  Webre,  widow  of  Ed. 
Newsham,  of  Baton  Rouge,  I^a.,  and  has  A^irginia  Zim¬ 
merman. 

c)  Robt.  Catlett,  mar.  Alinnie  Boyd,  dan.  of  Col.  Thos.  D. 
Boyd,  president  of  La.  State  University.  No  issue. 

(d)  Alary  Catlett,  d.  y. 

(5)  John,®  b.  i845,  died  at  Port  Hudson  in  1863,  member  of 
Signal  Corps  under  Capt.  Youngblood,  aged  18  years. 

(6)  Corinne  Lawrence,®  b.  1847,  d.  Aug.  10,  1913,  mar.  (2nd  wife) 
Sept.  25,  at  Afton  A’illa,  La.,  Paul  J.  Christian,  d.  1913,  and 
had : 

(a)  Lelia,®  a  teacher  in  Alanual  Training  School  of  New 
Orleans,  La. 

(b)  Sarah,®  mar.  Dr.  Joseph  H.  Slaughter,  of  Bogalusa, 
La.,  and  has  Jane  Philips.^® 

(c)  Corinne,®  a  teacher  in  Franklin,  La. 

(d)  Jno.  Catlett,®  United  Fruit  Co.,  of  New  Orleans,  La. 

(7)  Wm.  Robert,®  1).  1860,  d.  1877.  Twin  with 

(8)  Kemp  Taliaferro,®  a  large  planter  of  St.  Landry  parish,  b. 
1860,  mar.  Annie  Littell,  of  Opelousas,  La.,  and  had : 

(a)  Wm.  Robert,®  drowned  in  Alexandria,  1908. 

(b)  Jno.  Littell,®  mar.  Willie  Haw,  of  Alorrow,  La.,  and 
now  a  sugar  chemist  in  Cuba. 


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Desccndantft  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


(9)  Louisiana  John,  tlie  distinguished  professor  of  mathematics 
in  Sophie  Newcomh  College  of  New  Orleans,  La. 

Descendants  of  John,  h.  Oct.  8,  1733,  d.  Dec.  3,  1789,  and  Mar.  Elizabeth 
Thornberry  (the  Fifth  John). 

(1)  Jno.  Gibson  (the  sixth  John),  b.  March  10,  1780,  d.  Jan.  16, 
1837,  mar.  Dec.  4,  1795,  Ann  Eobh,  b.  Jan.,  1777,  d.  1853,  dan. 
of  Jas.  and  Lnci'  (Waring)  Eobh.  (Lucy  Waring  was  dan.  of 
Frank  and  Lucy  (Cocke)  Waring  and  Lucy  Cocke  was  dan.  of 
Secretary  Wm.  and  Eliza  (Cateshy)  Cocke,  of  Williamsburg, 
Va.  Issue: 

(a)  John  James, ^  b.  Dec.  30,  1796,  d.  April  27,  1823,  un¬ 
married.  He  was  a  medical  student  in  1823  at  Mary¬ 
land  University,  and  presumably  died  while  studying 
medicine. 

(b)  Emma  Eobb,^  b.  Aug.  19,  1799,  d.  Sept.  3,  1800. 

(c)  William  Ann,''  b.  April  23,  1783,  d.  Sept.,  1878,  im- 
married. 

(d)  Eobt.  Gilchrist  Eobb,''  b.  Sept.  22,  1808,  d.  Mar.  9, 
1879,  unmarried. 

(e)  Mary  Elizabeth  Lucy,'  b.  Aug.  28,  1811,  d.  Oct.  6,  1878, 
unmarried. 

(f)  Patrick  Eobb,''  b.  Sept.  15,  1814,  d.  May  14,  1890,  mar. 
Eliza  Fitzbugb  Catlett,  dan.  of  Tbos.  L.  and  Mary 
(Eitzbugb)  Catlett,  and  was  the  last  owner  of  “Green 
Hill,”  the  original  home  of  the  Catletts.  Issue:  (1) 
Ann  Maria,  mar.  Jas.  Edgar  Bullock,  of  Spotsylvania 
CO.,  and  bad  Bernice  Eobb,  mar.  Ed.  Hennan  Scott,  of 
Isle  of  Wight  CO ;  Edgar  Duncan,  mar.  Myrtle  Long,  of 
Brunswick  co. ;  Page  Bowie,  mar.  Hazel  Dean  Chase,  of 
Denver,  Col.;  Jesse  Cave,  mar.  Mary  Aiigusta  i\Iiller, 
of  Mathews  co. ;  Park  Parley,  mar.  Gregory  Preston 
Smith,  of  Caroline  co.  (2)  Edward  Thornton,  mar. 
Mary  Nelson  Catlett,  and  had  Eobt.  Nelson,  mar.  Sally 
Durette,  of  Caroline  co ;  Bessie  Pitzhugh,  Edward 
Henry,  unmarried.  (3)  Jno.  Gibson,  d.  y. ;  (4)  Mar¬ 
garet  Eobb,  d.  y. ;  (5)  Eobert  Eobb,  unmarried. 

(g)  Agnes  Ellen,''  b.  Dec.  13,  1817,  d.  Nov.  28,  1836,  un¬ 
married. 

(2)  Lawrence,®  b.  1776,  d.  1843,  of  “North  Garden,”  mar.,  1802, 
Elizabeth  Conway,  b.  1783,  d.  1832,  dau.  of  Capt.  Francis  and 
Elizabeth  (Pitzhugh)  Conway,  and  had  issue: 

(a)  Jno.  Francis,®  b.  1803,  d.  1821. 

(b)  Jonathan  Gibson,®  b.  1805,  d.  1805. 

(c)  Elizabeth  Gibson,®  b.  1806,  d.  1821. 

(d)  Thos.  Conway,®  h.  1808,  d.  1865;  never  married. 


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(e)  Ellen  ]iIiulison,«  b.  1811,  d.  1883,  mar.  Frank  W.  Bat- 
taile  and  had  seven  children. 

(f)  Mary  Conway,®  b.  1814;  unmarried. 

(g)  Sarah  Taliaferro,®  b.  1815;  unmarried. 

(h)  Edwin  Conway,®  b.  1818;  never  married. 

( i )  Susan  Fitzhugh,®  b.  1820,  mar.  Wm.  J.  Jones.  No  issue. 

(j)  Jno.  Francis,®  b.  1823,  d.  1852,  mar.  Mary  McColgar, 
and  had  Arthur,  mar.  Fannie  Glass. 

(k)  Elizabeth  G.,®  b.  1825,  d.  1859. 

(3)  Samuel,®  d.  1843,*  mar.,  1800,  Charlotte  Madison,  dan.  of  Geo. 
IMadison,  and  had : 

(a)  James  Madison,’^  b.  1814,  d.  Dec.  19,  1890,  who  gave 
his  name  to  Catlett’s  Station  and  was  railroad  agent 
until  his  death,  mar.  Laura  Marsteller,  of  Fauquier  Co., 
b.  1828,  d.  Sept.  12,  1906,  and  had  (1)  Charlotte,  b. 
Oct.  15,  1853,  d.  y. ;  (2  and  3)  Nancy  and  Samuel  Gib¬ 
son,  twins,  b.  Sept.  12,  1855;  Samuel  Gibson,  d.  y. ;  (4) 
James  IMadison,  I).  April  11,  1857,  mar.  Fannie  T. 
Tredick,  sister  of  Edward  Tredick,  president  of  Nye  & 
Tredick  Co.,  manufacturers  of  knitting  machines,  Phil¬ 
adelphia,  Penn.  She  died  Jan.  1,  1914.  Mr.  Catlett  has 
l)een  connected  with  Nye  &  Tredick  Co.  for  30  years 
and  has  his  residence  at  Haddenfield,  N.  J.  Issue:  An- 
narell  Madison,  mar.  Bol)t.  Thos.  Wood,  and  has  one 
dan.,  b.  Oct.,  1814;  l\Iary  Wendell,  mar.  Wm.  Henry 
Snowden  Alexander  and  live  in  Pliiladelphia,  and  has 
one  dam,  b.  1917  ;Edward  Tredick,  1).  1889  and  lives  with 
his  father;  Frances  Louise,  b.  1895.  (5)  IMary  Stuart, 
b.  Sept.  22,  1863,  on  the  niglit  of  Gen.  Jeb.  Stuart’s 
famous  raid  through  Catlett’s  Station,  lienee  her  name 
Stuart,  and  she  mar.  Frank  E.  Allen  and  lives  in 
Florida.  (6)  Laura  C.,  b.  June  17,  1866,  mar.  A.  J. 
Burgess  and  lives  at  old  home  at  Catlett’s  Station. 

(b)  Samnel  Gibson,"  of  Catlett’s  Station,  mar.  Elizabeth 
IMcCormick,  of  Fauquier  Co.,  Va.,  and  had  Charlotte 
Vivian,  d.  y. ;  Lewis  M.,  lives  with  his  mother  at  Cat¬ 
lett's  Station;  Samuel  Gibson,  Jr.,  mar.  a  lady  from 
Holyoke,  IMass. 

(4)  Thomas  Lawrence,®  d.  July  1821,  of  “Locust  Hill,”  Guinea 
Station.  Caroline  Co.,  Ya.  He  is  the  author  of  the  letters  to 
Jno.  C.  Bowie,  his  cousin,  recently  published  by  Virginia  His¬ 
torical  Magazine,  one  from  “Green  Hill,”  July,  1917,  the  other 
from  Bichmond,  Sept.,  1818.  He  mar.,  IMay  28,  1810,  Maria, 


*  There  is  a  deed  recorded  in  Culpepper  C'o.,  \'a.,  from  Samuel  Catlett  and  wife,  Charlotte, 
legal  heirs  and  representatives  of  Geo.  Madison,  deceased,  to  Alvin  Herndon,  conveving 
one-seventh  interest  in  2, COO  acres  of  land. 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


i1au.  of  Wm.  and  Sarali  (Diggs)  Fitzhugli,  of  “Prospect  Hill.” 
“Sarah  Diggs  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Sir  Dndle}^  Diggs,” 
says  a  descendant  of  above. 

Wm.  Fitzlingh  mar.  (I)  Ann  Debnam,  of  Gloncester  Co., 
Va.,  and  had  Dr.  Wm.  Debnam  Fitzhugh.  He  mar.  (II)  Sarah 
Diggs,  dan.  of  Col.  Edward  Diggs,  of  Bellsfield,  York  Co.,  Va., 
and  these  were  parents  of  above  Maria.  Issue : 

(a)  Geo.  Washington,'  d.  May  28,  1895,  mar.  Dec.  5,  1845, 
his  half  first  cousin,  Eliza  Debnam,  d.  Dee.  26,  1875, 
dan.  of  Dr.  Wm.  Debnam  Fitzhugh,  of  Fauquier  Co., 
A'a.,  and  his  first  wife,  Patsy  Taliaferro,  of  Orange  Co., 
Va.,  and  had  issue:  (1)  Pattie  Julia,  living  at  the  old 
home  at  Port  Eoyal,  Va.,  and  has  furnished  valuable 
information  relative  to  tbe  family.  She  has  in  her 
home  portraits  of  her  father  and  mother  and  grand¬ 
mother,  Maria  Fitzhugh.  (2)  Elizabeth  Fitzhugh,  lives 
witli  her  sister  at  Port  Royal ;  (3)  Rosalie  Taliaferro,  d. 
Aug.,  1908,  mar.,  1872,  Wm.  Heni’y  Washington,  d. 
Sept.  11,  1886,  of  King  George  Co.,  and  had  Rosalie 
j\Ieade,  mar.,  1897,  her  cousin.  Fielding  Ashton  Berry, 
and  has  Ella  Meade,  Varna  Maguire,  Rosalie  Catlett, 
Wm.  Alexander  and  Fielding  Lewis  Ashton;  Eliza 
Fitzhugh,  ATrginia  Grymes,  mar.,  1906,  her  cousin, 
Horace  Ashton  Fitzhugh;  Henry  Thacker,  mar.  Nov. 
25,  1914,  Mary  Stuart  Grymes;  Susan  Gordon,  Wm. 
Henry.  (4)  Geo.  Washington,  professor  in  Wilmington, 
N.  C.,  and  mar.  Margaret  McElhany,  of  N.  C.,  and  has 
issue:  (1)  Margaret,  mar.  Oct.  3,  1906,  Clarence  Rowe, 
and  had  Geo.  Catlett;  (2)  Eliza  Fitzhugh,  d.  y;  (3) 
Geo.  Fitzhugh,  of  New  York,  mar.  (I)  Jennie  A.  Hodg¬ 
son  and  had  Jennie  A.,  mar.  (II)  Lillian  Styron,  of 
N.  C.;  (4)  Sarah  Cowan,  mar.  Paul  L.  Cantwell  and 
had  John  Lucas,  Margaret  McElhany  and  Paul  L.,  Jr.; 
(5)  Susan  Howard,  mar.  Lieut.  John  Hutson,  of  the 
navy,  and  has  Joan. 

(b)  Wm.  Fitzhugh,''  who  wrote  a  brief  history  of  Catlett 
family,  mar.  Eleanor,  dan.  of  Walter  C.  Winston,  of 
Auburn,  Culpepper  Co.,  Va.,  and  had:  (1)  Walter  Win¬ 
ston,  d.  y. ;  (2)  Thos.  Washington,  d.  in  Chesterfieild 
Co.,  June  25,  1909,  mar.  Kate  Worcester,  no  issue; 
(3) Eleanor  Virginia,  d.  1880,  mar.  Benjamin  Hart  and 
had  Leonard,  Ada  Winston,  d.  1873,  and  Ada  Winston. 

(c)  Maria  Evelina,'  mar.  Edward  Coles  Thornton,  and 
had  (1)  Thos.  Catlett,  mar.  Victoria  Gray,  is  now 
mayor  of  city  of  Warrenton,  Va.;  (2)  Lucy  Winston; 
(3)  Mary  Anne;  (4)  Evelina  Maria. 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


35 


(d)  Sarah  Ann/  mar.  Charles  W.  Thornton.  Issue:  (1) 
Maria  Fitzhngh;  (3)  Fitzhugh  Catlett;  (3)  Anthony 
Footes;  (4)  Ellen  Bankhead,  mar.  Clayton  Yerby. 

(e)  Elizabeth  Fitzhngh,'  mar.  her  cousin,  Patrick  Kobb 
Catlett.  See  hack  for  issue. 

(f)  Thomas  Lawrence,"  d.  1879,  mar.  Yannie  Schooler  and 
had:  (1)  Eev.  Wm.  Schooler,  Baptist  minister.  Oak 
Lane,  G(i05  Y.  12th  street,  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  mar. 
]\Iary  Custer,  of  Philadelphia;  no  issue.  (2)  Mary 
Xelson,  mar.  her  cousin,  Edward  Thornton  Catlett;  see 
back  for  issue.  (3)  Fannie  Page,  mar.  Charles  Bowie, 
and  has  William,  Yannie,  AValter  and  Frank.  (4)  Ed¬ 
ward  Henry,  of  Summit  Station,  who  furnished  the 
history  of  Catlett  family  by  Geo.  Fitzhugh  Catlett  and 
other  valuable  information,  mar.  Yellie  Eubank,  and 
has  Sterling  and  Vivian. 

(5)  Elizabeth,®  h.  17()G,  mar.,  1789,  Henry,  d.  1822,  son  of  Thos. 
and  Elizabeth  (Taliaferro)  Buckner,  of  Caroline  and  moved 
later  to  Fayette  Co.,  Ky.,  where  he  died.  (See  Buckner  Family, 
page  183.)  Issue:  Eight  children,  of  whom  the  youngest,  Lucy 
A.  T.  Buckner,  b.  Oct.  14,  1808,  d.  July  18,  1849,  married, 
Feb.  5,  1829,  Jesse  D.  Winn,  h.  181  l,d.  1878.  Issue,  five  chil¬ 
dren,  of  whom  theyoungest,  William  H.  Winn,  b.  Fayette  Co., 
Ky.,  Jan.  20,  183(i,  married,  1801,  Sarah  E.  Grubbs,  b.  1838, 
and  had  six  children,  among  whom  Pierce  Winn,  of  j\It.  Ster¬ 
ling,  Kv.,  1).  Yov.  15,  lS(i8,  mar.,  Dec.  9,  1890,  Agnes  Thrus- 
ton  Catlett,  b.  April  7,  187(),  dan.  of  Dr.  John  Catlett,  of 
Gloucester  Co.,  Va.,  who  married,  in  Ky.,  IMarch  11,  1875,  Elva 
Ewing.  (See  line  of  John  Catlett,  of  Gloucester  Co.,  Va.,  in 
this  book.) 

(6)  Alice,®  d.  1828,  mar.  Peter  Ballard  Buckner,  and  moved  to 
Clarke  Co.,  Ky.  (Buckner  Family,  289.) 


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Desceiidaiits  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  MAJOR  THOMAS  AND  MARTHA 
CATLETT,  SON  OF  COL.  JOHN  AND  ELIZABETH 
GAINES,  SON  OF  COL.  JOHN  AND  ELIZA¬ 
BETH  UNDERWOOD  THE  IMMIGRANT 
IN  1650. 

Descendants  of  Major  Thomas  Catlett®  (second  son  of  second  Col. 
John  Catlett®  and  Elizabeth  Gaines),  and  his  wife  Martha,  whose 
surname,  after  dilgent  search,  remains  unknown.  Major  Thomas 
d.  in  1739  and  his  wife  “Martha”  administered  on  his  estate,  which 
was  inventoried  7th  November,  1739..  (Caroline  Co.  Kecords.) 
He  was  of  the  vestry  of  St.  Mary’s  parish,  J.  P.  in  1732-1735,  major 
and  sheriff  in  1716,  and  patented  in  1726  a  large  body  of  lands  in 
Spotsylvania  Co.,  on  the  Eapidan,  and  in  1730  lands  in  Caroline 
Co.  He  had  issue : 

(1)  Martha,^  d.  1760,  mar.  William  Hampton,  d.  1750,  and  had 
issue:  (a)  Edward,  (b)  George,  mar.  Mary  Colston;  (e) 
Thomas  Catlett,  mar.  and  left  descendants  in  King  William 
Co.;  (d)  John,'*  d.  in  Stafford  Co.  and  has  numerous  descend¬ 
ants  in  and  near  Clarksville,  Tenn. ;  (e)  Susannah,  mar.  John 
Quarles;  (f)  Frances,  mar.  Thomas  Buckner,  of  Caroline;  (g) 
Sarah,  mar.  Eichard  Durret,  of  Caroline  Co.;  (h)  William. 

Win.  Hampton,  d.  1750,  and  in  his  will  he  says:  “Lastly  I 
do  make  my  wife  Martha  Hampton,  and  my  son  Edward  Hamp¬ 
ton,  and  my  wife’s  brother  Mr.  Geo.  Catlett,  the  Exe®*®  of  this 
my  last  Will  and  Testament,”  etc.,  etc.  Martha  Hampton,  d. 
1760,  leaving  her  brother.  Geo.  Catlett,  as  executor.  In  Caro¬ 
line  Order  Book,  March  12,  1761,  the  court  appointed  Benj. 
Eobinson,  Jr.,  Seth  Thompson,  Nicholas  Battaile  and  Frans. 
Taliaferro  to  appraise  estate  of  Martha  Hampton,  widow, 
deceased.  On  July  9,  1762,  Edward  Hampton  sued  George 
Catlett  for  the  remainder  of  the  estate  of  Wm.  Hampton, 
unadministered  by  Mrs.  Martha  Hampton.  Geo.  Catlett  d.  1766, 
and  the  suit  u'as  renewed  against  his  wife  Mary  in  1769,  prob¬ 
ably  as  administratrix  of  Geo. 

(2)  George,'*  d.  1766,  mar.  Mary  Hampton,  d.  1769,  of  Caroline 
Co.  He  figured  in  the  suits  above  given.  No  issue. 

(3)  Thos.,*  who  witnessed  will  of  Humphrey  Booth  in  1759,  but 
was  dead  when  will  was  probated  in  1763.  With  his  brother 
John  he  witnessed  will  of  Francis  Taliaferro  in  1757.  No 
further  knowledge  of  him. 

(4)  James,'*  who  witnessed  deed  (1734)  of  Benj.  Bibb  to  Humphrey 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett.  37 

Booth  of  lands  in  Hanover  Co.  Nothing  further  is  known  of 

him.  , 

(5)  Probably  “Frank, mentioned  in  Col.  Frank  Taylors  diary, 
as  quoted  by  Rev.  Philip  Slaughter,  D.  D.,  in  his  history  of  St. 
IMark’s  parish,  as  one  of  the  animated  social  circle  which  had 
its  center  at  Orange  Courthouse.  "^1  his  is  the  only  occurrence  of 
the  name  that  we  have  found.  There  is  a  possiliility  of  his  being 
a  son  of  either  Benjamin,  Reuben,  or  Wm.,  mar.  Elizabeth  Fitz- 
hugh,  3  sons  of  the  3rd  John,  and  his  wife,  Mary  Grayson,  for 
whom,  as  before  mentioned,  no  descent  has  been  found. 

<6)  John."  of  King  William  Co.,  d.  1802,  mar.  Mary  'SI.  Eggleston 
(living  in  1820),  sister  of  Richard  Eggleston,  whose  mother  is 
said  to  have  been  a  Jackson.  He  was  J.  P.  in  1788-93  with 
Benjamin  Temple.  In  1773  he  advertised  a  horse  taken  from 
John  Catlett's  pasture  in  King  and  Queen  Co.,  near  Todd’s 
Bridge,  in  the  Virginia  Gazette.  Again,  in  same  paper,  John 
Catlett,  of  King  William,  in  June,  1779,  has  a  stray  horse  to 
be  delivered  either  to  himself  or  to  l\Ir.  Richard  Eggleston,  in 
James  City  Co.  John  Catlett,  of  King  William,  and  Chris¬ 
topher  Tompkins  made,  in  1787,  commissioners  to  estimate 
damage  done  h}'  the.  British  at  St.  David’s  Point.  Virginia 
Calendar,  IS'.  4^4:7.  Issue: 

(1)  John,®  of  Timberneck,  b.  1700,  d.  1808,  will  3rd 
]\[ay,  1808 — an  eminent  lawyer  of  King  William  and 
Gloucester  comities.  He  bought  in  1792  “Timberneck” 
(the  old  home  of  the  Mann’s  and  where  is  now  the 
burying  ground  containing  iMann  tombs),  from  Gov. 
John  Page,  of  “Rosewell.”  IMar.,  in  1780,  Ann  Walker, 
b.  1703,  dan.  of  Charles,  d.  1704,  and  his  third  wife, 
Lucy  (Taliaferro)  Carter,  of  “Cleve,”  King  George 
Co.,  Va.,  and  grand  dan.  of  Roht.  (King)  Carter,  and 
his  second  wife,  Betty  Landon.  Lucy  Taliaferro  Carter 
mar.  (FI)  17()(),  Col.  Win.  (“Horn”)  Jones,  h.  1734,  of 
Hanover  Co.,  and  soon  after  the  Revolution  bought 
“iMarlfield,”  Gloucester  Co.,  the  old  Buckner  home, 
from  Geo.  Booth,  of  Poroiiotank,  whose  .mother  was 
Ann  Buckner,  dan.  of  Col.  Thos.  and  Sarah  (Morgan) 
Buckner,  and  there  died  in. 1795. 

(2)  Richard,®  on  tax  list  of  King  William  Co.  in  1788-1791, 
and  believed  to  have  died  young  and  unmarried. 

(3)  Benjamin,®  wlio  first  aiqiears  on  the  tax  rolls  of  King 
William  Co..  Ahn,  in  1802,  and  continues  to  1820,  but  is 
mentioned  in  later  years  as  of  King  and  Queen  Co.,  A"a., 
where  be  mar.  Alary  Gwathmey,  whose  grandfather  was 
Benjamin  Temple.  Had  issue;  see  below. 

(4)  Tbomas  Eggleston,®  mar.  Ann  Gwathmey,  sister  of 
Alary  above,  of  King  and  (jueen  Co.  He  purchased 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


“Barren  Point,”  in  Gloucester  Co.,  from  Francis  Thorn¬ 
ton  in  1794,  where  he  died.  Had  issue;  see  below. 

(5)  George,®  mar.  Dec.  23,  1800,  Mary  Dixon,  dau.  of  John 
and  Eliza  Peyton  Dixon,  of  “Airville,”  and  had  issue. 
See  below. 

(6)  Nancy,®  mar.  (2nd  wife)  Jno.  (Jack)  Taliaferro,  and 

had  (a)  John,"  mar. - Dabney,  and  had  George,  John 

and  i\[rs.  Waring,  of  Essex  Co.;  (b)  Richard;®  (c) 

Charles,®  mar.  (I)  - Stringfellow,  of  Fauquier,  and 

had  Mrs.  Spindle,  mar.  (IT)  - l^^elly,  of  Culpepper, 

and  had  several  children;  (d)  Frank,®  mar. - Talia¬ 

ferro,  of  Richmond,  and  had  James  L.,'^  of  Richmond, 

mar. - Clark,  Charles'^  and  Fannie,^  mar.  - ^Hig- 

gins;  (e)  Lawrence®;  (f)  Thomas.® 

(7)  Elizabeth,®  mar.  Christopher  Tompkins,  and  had  (a) 
]\rary  Ann,®  mar.  Wm.  Kirby,  Sr.,  killed  in  the  fall  of 

the  Capital  at  Richmond,  and  had  Thos.,^  mar.  - 

Boulware,  and  had  issue;  (b)  Lizzie,®  mar.  Jno.  Wren, 
Jr.,  her  cousin.  See  below. 

(8)  Katherine,®  mar.  (I)  Aug.  21,  1812,  Vernon  Metcalf, 

and  had  James,®  b.  1813,  d.  1868,  mar.,  1855,  Margaret 
Harrison,  and  had  Catherin  Vernon,'^  b.  1856,  d.  1858; 
mar.  (II)  -  Cobbler.  No  issue. 

(9)  Martha,®  mar.  Jno.  Wren,  Sr.,  and  had  Jno.,®  Jr.,  mar. 
his  cousin,  Lizzie  Tompkins,  and  had  issue  (a)  Noelva,'’’ 
mar.  Wm.  Kirby,  Jr.,  and  had  issue;  (b)  Alverton,® 

mar. - ;  (c)  Jno.  Catlett,®  mar. - ,  and 

three  others. 

The  following  is  the  will  of  Jno.  Catlett,  of  “Timhernech,” 
Gloucester  Co.,  Va.,  made  May  3,  1808,  prob.  July  4,  1808.  It  was 
re-recorded  6th  March,  1821,  after  the  burning  of  the  clerk’s  office  in 
1820,  by  which  all  records  were  destroyed; 

“Imprimis:  I  give  to  my  son  Charles  my  Wilson  Creek  planta¬ 
tion,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever,  but  if  he  shoidd  die  without  issue 
living  at  his  death,  then  it  is  my  wish  that  the  said  land  should  be 
sold  by  my  executor  hereinafter  named  upon  such  terms  as  he  shall 
think  proper  and  the  money  arising  from  such  sale  to  be  eqiially 
divided  amongst  my  daughters  living  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

“Item. — To  my  son  John  Walker  Carter  the  plantation  on  which 
I  now  live,  which  was  purchased  of  John  Page,  also  that  part  of 
said  tract  purchased  of  Dr.  Marshall’s  estate,  to  him  and  his  heirs 
forever,  but  if  my  said  son  John  Walker  Carter  should  die  without 
issue  living  at  his  death,  then  it  is  my  will  that  my  son  Charles 
should  have  and  possess  the  said  tract  of  land  on  which  I  now  live, 
to  him  and  his  heirs  forever,  and  the  land  which  I  have  given  him 
above  to  be  sold  for  the  purposes  aforesaid.  It  is  my  further  will 


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39 


and  desire  that  all  my  children  should  live  with  my  son,  or  sons,  in 
my  said  mansion  house  plantation  so  long  as  they  remain  single, 
but  it  is  my  intention  that  my  son  Charles,  when  he  arrives  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one  or  marriage,  shall  take  possession  of  his  estate 
left  him  above,  and  not  before,  nor  is  he  to  be  entitled  to  any  part 
of  the  rents  and  profits  until  he  is  of  age  or  marries,  but  the  said 
rents  and  profits  are  to  be  for  the  benefit  of  all  of  my  children  until 
the  arrival  of  that  period.  It  is  to  be  further  understood  that  when 
my  son  Charles  shall  come  to  the  enjoyment  of  his  estate  left  him 
as  aforesaid  that  then  he  is  no  longer  to  live  in  the  mansion  house 
except  in  the  event  of  his  being  entitled  to  the  said  mansion  house 
plantation  by  the  death  of  my  son  John  as  aforesaid. 

“Item. — I  give  to  my  dan.  Hetty  a  mulatto  girl  called  Sally 
Peters,  to  my  dau.  Sally  a  girl  called  Courtney,  to  my  dan.  Polly  a 
girl  called  Evelina,  to  each  of  my  other  daughters  a  maid  a  piece  to 
be  chosen  by  them,  but  neither  of  them  is  to  choose  one  older  than 
those  already  given  to  my  other  daughters.  It  is  my  further  wish 
that  all  the  rest  of  my  estate  of  what  nature  or  kind  soever,  in¬ 
cluding  that  part  of  my  father’s  estate  which  I  shall  be  entitled  to 
at  the  death  of  my  mother,  and  the  negroes  which  I  shall  be  entitled 
to  at  the  death  of  i\Irs.  Brooke,  shall  be  equally  divided  amongst  all 
of  my  children,  but  as  I  have  advanced  considerable  sums  of  money 
and  am  now  bound  to  pay  other  considerable  sums  of  money  for 
Bartholomew  Yates,  who  hath  intermarried  with  my  dau.  Sally, 
and  as  it  is  my  wish  that  all  of  my  daughters  shall  stand  on  equal 
footing,  I  desire  that  the  amount  of  the  money  so  paid  or  to  be  paid 
by  me  for  the  said  Bartholomew  Yates  shall  be  upon  the  distribu¬ 
tion  of  my  estate  deducted  from  my  daughter  Sally’s  portion.  But 
if  Bartholomew  Yates  should  think  proper  to  refund  to  my  estate 
all  the  money  which  I  shall  have  paid  for  him  or  shall  pay  himself 
any  money  which  I  was  bound  to  pay,  then  it  is  to  be  understood 
that  his  portion  is  to  be  lessened  only  for  the  amount  of  money 
actually  deficient.  It  is  my  express  wish  and  desire  that  upon  the 
allotment  of  my  dau.  Sally’s  portion  my  executor  hereafter  named 
shall  secure  the  same  to  her  and  her  issue  by  putting  it  in  the  power 
of  trustees  or  otherwise,  so  as  to  prevent  Bartholomew  Yates,  her 
husband,  from  selling  or  disposing  of  the  same.  It  is  my  further 
wish  that  the  whole  of  my  estate  be  kept  together  for  the  benefit 
and  maintenance  of  all  of  my  children  until  my  son  Charles  shall 
be  of  age  or  married,  at  which  time  I  wish  his  portion  allotted  him, 
or  if  either  of  my  daughters  should  marry,  then  I  wish  those  so 
marrying  to  have  their  portion.  ^ly  dau.  Sally  will  be  entitled  to 
her  portion  immediately  or  at  the  end  of  the  year,  if  Bartholomew 
Yates  will  pay  and  reimburse  to  my  estate  all  the  money  which  I 
shall  have  paid  or  my  estate  be  bound  to  pay;  then  I  wish  him  to 
live  at  my  mansion  house  until  my  son  John  shall  be  of  age  or  if 
John  should  die  as  aforesaid,  and  Charles  should  in  that  event  be 


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Desceiulauts  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


entitled  to  the  said  mansion  lionse,  then  Bar.  Yates  shall  have  the 
liberty  of  living  in  said  mansion  house  until  Charles  shall  be  of  age, 
but  it  is  to  be  understood  that  if  the  said  Yates  should  live  at  the 
mansion  house  as  aforesaid  his  portion  of  the  negroes  and  other 
pro])erty  is  to  remain  to  work  on  the  said  plantation  for  the  benefit 
of  all  of  mv  children.  If  the  negroes  or  some  one  of  them  should 
behave  himself  or  themselves  very  badly,  I  authorize  my  executor 
to  sell  and  dispose  of  him  or  them  as  an  example  to  the  others.  I 
do  hereby  nominate  my  friend  William  Jones  my  whole  and  sole 
executor  so  long  as  he  lives,  and  if  my  estate  at  his  death  is  not 
distributed  among  those  who  are  entitled,  then  I  appoint  my 
brother  George  Catlett  my  whole  and  sole  executor.  I  expressly 
wish  and  desire  that  as  iny  children  shall  be  entitled  to  an  allotment 
of  their  portion  respectively,  my  aforesaid  friend  Win.  Jones,  with 
one  or  two  other  friends  chosen  by  himself,  shall  make  the  said 
allotment  without  the  interposition  of  a  court  of  chancery. 

“It  is  not  my  wish  that  my  executor  shall  give  any  security  for 
his  executorship,  nor  do  I  wish  any  inventory  or  appraisement  of  my 
said  estate  to  be  made. 

‘‘In  witness  whereof  I  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  affix  my  seal 
this  3rd  day  of  May  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1808. 

“John  Catlett.  [Seal] 

“Test. ; 

“W.  Taliaferro. 

“Dan’l  Duval. 

“Catesby  Jones.” 

Descendants  of  John®  and  Ann  Walker  (Carter)  Catlett,  of  Timherneck, 
Gloucester  County,  Va. 

(1)  Henrietta,®  mar.  Benjamin  Waller,  of  Williamsburg,  Ya.,  and 
had  issue.  See  below. 

(2)  Sarah,®  mar.  Bartholomew  Yates. 

(3)  Mary,®  mar.,  Dec.  20,  1820  (2nd  wife).  Col.  Eobt.  Thruston, 
b.  1783,  d.  1857,  of  “Landsdown.”  His  first  wife,  Sallie  Brown, 
d.  1818. 

(4)  Matilda,®  mar.  (1st  wife)  Christopher  Staats  Morris.  Ho  issue. 
By  his  second  wife,  Ann  Thruston,  he  was  father  of  Mrs.  Hannie 
Davis,  the  mother  of  Hon.  Westmoreland  Davis,  the  present 
Governor  of  Virginia  (1918). 

l\lajor  Henry  Morris  (died  1812),  of  New  Kent  Co.  and  of 
the  Eev.  Army,  married  (I)  Margaret,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Davies,  president  of  Princeton  College  (and  sister  of  Col. 
William  Davies).  He  then  was  living  at  Petersburg  Ya.  He 
married  (11)  Feb.  24,  1744,  Christiana  Holmes  Meredith, 
daughter  of  Samuel  i\Ieredith,  whose  wife,  Christiana,  was  a 
daughter  of  Richard  Gregory  and  Miss  West,  a  daughter  of 


Descendants  of  Cot.  John  Catlett. 


41 


Thomas  West,  of  King  William  Co.,  Va.  Issue  of  first  mar¬ 
riage  (Davies):  (a)  Wm.  Henry  IMorris,  married  Harriet  R. 
F.  C.  Gregory,  dan.  of  Roger  Gregory;  (b)  i\Iargaret  Davies 
Morris,  mar.  Robert  Wallis  (an  own  cousin  to  President 
Zachary  Taylor.  Issue  by  second  marriage  (IMereditb)  :  (b) 
Richard  Gregory  IMorris,  b.  Feb.  28,  1795,  member  House  of 
Delegates,  mar.  E.  H.  Yancey,  dan.  of  Major  Charles  Yancey, 
of  Buckingham  Co.  Va. ;  (d)  Christopher  Staats  ^Morris,  of 
“West  End,”  Gloucester  Co.  (h.  Feb.  28,  1797),  mar.  (I) 
IMatilda  Catlett  {ante),  (II)  Ann  Harwood  Lewis  Thruston, 
dau.  of  Robert  l\Iynn  Thruston  and  Sarah  Brown,  of  “Lands- 
down,”  Gloucester  Co.  He  moved  to  Hinds  Co.,  Miss.  Issue 
by  second  wife,  Ann  H.  L.  (living  in  1918),  married  Col. 
Thomas  Davis,  of  South  Carolina,  parents  of  the  present  Gov¬ 
ernor  of  Virginia  (1918),  Westmoreland  Davis.* 

(5)  Lucy  Taliaferro,®  d.  ISfifi,  mar.  Capt.  James  Baytop,  d.  1860, 
of  War  of  1812.  See  Baytop  family. 

(6)  Ann  "Walker  Carter,®  mar.  John  Field  and  had  issue.  (See 
below. ) 

(7)  Charles,®  d.  unmarried. 

(8)  Martha,®  mar.  1st,  IVm.  Banks,  2nd,  Charles  Beverly  Thrus¬ 
ton;  issue  by  each.  (See  below.) 

(9)  Hon.  Jno.  Walker  Carter,®  b.  Dec.  23,  1803,  d.  June,  1883,  at 
Timberneck,  where  he  was  horn  and  spent  his  life.  He  was  a 
lawyer,  farmer,  member  of  State  Senate,  a  man  of  high  probity 
and  excellent  business  capacity.  He  was  a  distinguisbed  and 
honored  citizen  of  Gloucester  CM.  He  mar.  (I)  (Jh  July,  1826, 
Agnes  Jane  Thruston,  d.  April  15,  1838,  dau.  of  Robt.,  b.  1783, 

d.  1857,  and  Sarah  (Brown)  Thruston.  of  Lansdown,  mar. 
(II),  1844,  in  Petersburg,  Va.,  Frances  King  Burwell,  b.  1814, 
d.  1903,  dau.  of  Robt.  and  Mary  Cole  (Turnbull)  Burwell,  of 
Xorth  (^arolina.  By  his  first  wife  he  had : 

(1)  Sarah  Berkeley  Brown,'  b.  IMarch  11,  1828,  at  Lans¬ 
down,  mar.  Xov.  26,  1850,  Dr.  William  Wilmer  Kelson, 
a  prominent  physician  of  Gloucester  Co.,  and  had  (a) 
Agnes  Thruston®,  d.  y. ;  (b)  Elizabeth  Nicholson, *  d.  y. ; 
(c)  Sally  Berkley;  (d)  Fannie  Wilmer;®  (f)  Anne 
Page,®  d.  y. ;  Sally  Berkeley,®  mar.  (2nd  wife)  Wm. 
Todd  Robins,  d.  Oct.  27,  1906,  Col.  of  24th  Va.  Cavalry, 
C.  S.  A.,  and  had  (1)  Ruth  Nelson,®  mar.  Thos.  (diris- 
tian  Gordon,  of  Richmond,  Va.,  and  has  Ruth  Nelson,'® 
Wm.  Westmore,'®  Sallie  Berkeley,'®  and  Thos.  Chris¬ 
tian;'®  (2)  Elizabeth  Todd,®  mar.  Maurice  J.  Lunn, 
no  issue;  (3)  Augustine  Warner,”  a  graduate  of  West 
Point  Military  Academy  and  now  an  officer  in  the  F.  S. 
Army,  mar.  Dorothy  Hyde,  of  South  Dakota;  (4) 

*  Christiana  Holmes  (above)  married,  first,  Dr.  Thomas  Cooke,  of  Gloucester. 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 

Wilmer  N'elson,®  editor  and  reporter,  mar.,  Oct.  7,  1914, 
Louise  Bowman,  dan.  Nath  Eobb  and  Nellie  (Moore) 
Bowman,  of  Lynchburg,  A"a. ;  (5)  Sallie  Berkeley  Nich¬ 
olson,  mar.  Eussell  Sydnor  Crenshaw,  of  U.  S.  Navy, 
and  has  Wm.  Eobins. 

Mrs.  Eobins  has  been  Asst.  Sect’y  of  Va.  Hist.  So¬ 
ciety,  is  a  vigorous  and  spicy  writer,  an  authoress  of 
note  and  an  autliority  on  genealogy.  She  resides  in 
Eichmond. 

Fannie  AYilmer  Nelson,®  mar.  (2nd  wife)  Horace 
IVellford  Jones,  son  of  Dr.  Walter  F.  and  Fannie  Well- 
ford  Jones,  and  had  Wm.  Nelson,®  d.  y. 

(2)  Ann  Walker  Carter,"  b.*  Nov.  9,  1829,  at  Lansdown,  d. 
Mar.  31,  1895,  in  Alexandria,  Va.,  mar.,  Oct.  22,  1849, 
at  “Timberneck,”  her  cousin,  Chas.  Carter  Page  Waller 
(b.  March  9,  1822,  d.  Feb.  6,  1867),  of  Williamsburg, 
Va.,  and  had  issue;  (a)  John  Benjamin,®  b.  Feb.  13, 

1850,  in  Williamsburg,  Va. ;  he  was  a  devoted  son  and 
brother  and  lives  unmarried  in  Alexandria,  Va. ;  (b) 
Hettie  Catlett,®  b.  Dec.  24,  1857,  d.  y. ;  (c)  Mary 
Louise,®  b.  Mar.  11,  1853,  d.  y.;  (d)  Chas.  Carter  Page,® 
b.  April  4,  1854,  d.  y. ;  (e)  Wilmer  Nelson,®  b.  Feb.  13, 
1855,  d.  y. ;  (f)  Agnes  Thruston,®  b.  March  31,  1858, 
d.  IMay  23,  1880,  unmarried;  (g)  Chas.  Carter  Page,® 
2nd  of  name),  b.  March  2,  1861,  mar.,  Jan.  29,1884, 
Ann  Joyce.  Issue:  (1)  Chas.  Page,®,  b.  Jan.  1,  1886; 
(2)  Wilmer  Joyce,®  b.  May  25,  1889,  mar.  Nov.  9, 
1910,  Courtney  Greennough;  issue,  Courtney  Page,^® 
b.  Oct.  16,  1911;  (3)  Katherine  Carroll,®  b.  Dec.  19, 
1893;  (h)  Ann  Stubbs,®  b.  Jan.  24,  1864,  d.  y.,  and 
buried  at  “Valley  Front”;  (i)  William  Page,®  b.  April 
21,  1865,  d.  Dec.  8,  1892,  mar.,  Dec.  16,  1891,  Elizabeth 
Murray  Addison,  no  issue;  (j)  Eobt.  Page,®  b.  March 
6th,  1867,  d.  y. 

The  writer  pauses  here  to  pay  a  grateful  tribute  to 
the  memory  of  Cousin  Ann  W.  C.  Waller,  above.  While 
he  was  a  young  student  at  William  and  Mary  College 
she  was  unceasing  in  her  attentions  to  the  writer  and 
his  brothers,  and  carried  w'ith  her  through  life  our 
veneration  of  her  noble  character.  As  refugees  during 
the  Civil  War,  she  and  her  family  were  guests  at  our 
home,  “Valley  Front,”  where  a  child,  named  for  my 
dear  mother,  was  born,  and  there  lies  buried. 

(3)  Charity  Jones,'^  b.  Oct.  29,  1831,  d.  April  3,  1833. 

(4)  Dr.  John  Eobert,'^  b.  at  Timberneck,  Dec.  12,  1835,  d 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


43 


Sept.  29,  1895.  He  was  a  gallant  Confederate  soldier, 
a  member  of  the  12th  Va.  Regt.,  Mahone’s  Brigade, 
Army  of  Northern  Va.  After  the  war  he  removed  to 
Owingsville,  Ky.,  and  there  married,  March  11,  1875, 
Elva,  1).  May  28,  1856,  dan  of  Andrew  Jackson  Ewing 
and  his  wife,  Lydia  Harrison  Conner.  Issue;  (a)  Agnes 
Thriiston,®  h.  April  7,  1876,  mar.  Dee.  9,  1896,  Pierce 
Winn,  of  Mt.  Sterling,  Ky.  (See  page  35)  ;  (h)  Robert 
Ewing,'  of  Owingsville,  Ky.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1878,  mar. 
Nov.  18,  1903,  Emily  Barnes  Brothers,  and  had  Lucile 
McClellan,"  b.  Sept.  10,  1906,  and  Richard  Brothers," 
b.  1906,  d.  V.;  (c)  Lucile  Ewing,®  b.  March  1,  1887,  cl. 
May  28,  1896. 

(5)  Win.  Thruston,'  b.  April  9,  1838,  d.  June  13,  1841. 

Issue  hy  Second  Wife,  Frances  Burwell. 

(4)  Judge  Charles,"  h.  July  12,  1845,  d.  Oct.  7,  1917,  a  gal¬ 
lant  Confederate  soldier,  memher  Co.  D,  24th  Va.  Cav¬ 
alry,  county  judge  and  resided  at  Timherneck,  a  niem- 
her  of  board  of  supervisors  of  Gloucester  Co.,  Va.,  mar. 
Feb.  16,  1887,  at  Glendale,  Henrico  Co.,  Va.,  Lucy 
Chiswell  Nelson,  b.  1861,  d.  Dec.  23,  1904,  dan.  of  Regi¬ 
nald  Heber  and  Sallie  (Nelson)  Nelson,  and  had  (a) 
Jno.  Walker  Carter,®  h.  Jan.  10,  1888,  grad.  Virginia 
Polytechnic  Institute  and  is  now  using  his  scientific 
skill  in  developing  a  prosperous  agriculture  on  Timher¬ 
neck;  (h)  Sallie  Nelson,®  b.  Sept.  10,  1889,  and  presides 
with  grace  and  dignity  over  the  old  home;  (c)  Fanny 
Burwell,®  b.  Oct.  24,  1891,  d.  Sept.  15,  1892;  (d) 
Charles,®  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1893,  mar.  in  Norfolk,  Aug. 
23,  1913,  Deborah  Powell  Cockey,  dau.  of  Wm.  War- 
field  and  Elizaheth  (Jones)  Cockey,  of  Suffolk,  Va., 
issue,  Chas."  HI,  b.  Nov.  29,  1914;  (e)  Powell  Bur¬ 
well.®  b.  Feb.  22,  1895  [a  twin  with  Powell,  d.  y.]  (f) 
Mary  Randolph,®  h.  Nov.  18,  1897,  and  now  a  student 
at  college. 

(7)  William  Burwell,"  b.  Deo.  29,  1847,  d.  Oct.  18,  1864. 

(8)  IMary  Armistead,"  b.  Jan.  15,  1850,  mar.  Dec.  Ki,  1873, 
at  Abingdon  Church,  Marvus  Jones,  h.  1844,  attorney 
at  law,  son  of  Cateshy  and  IMary  (Pollard)  Jones,  of 
Marlfield.  They  now  live  in  Newport  News.  Issue: 

(a)  Wm.  Catesi)y,  h.  July  30,  1871,  a  brilliant  young 
lawyer,  and  died  Jan.  25,  1904,  after  a  successful  con¬ 
test  for  commonwealth’s  attorney  for  Gloucester  Co. 

(b)  Hetty  Catlett,®  b.  May  23,  1877,  mar.  July  26,  1904, 
Levus  Boulden,  an  insurance  agent  of  Newport  News, 
no  issue;  (c)  Dr.  Jno.  Walker  Carter,®  a  distinguished 


Dctfccndanls  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


4i 

specialist  in  eye,  ear.  nose  and  throat,  of  Newport  News, 
b.  June  28,  18^8,  mar.  Ang.  31,  1910,  at  Warm  Springs, 
Ya.,  Cliarlotte  Wilson  Stephenson,  dan.  of  Jno.  Wilson 
Stephenson,  and  has  no  issue;  (d)  Anne  Burwell,®  b. 
July  26,  1880,  mar,  Dec.  11,  1905,  Earnest  Garfield 
Eogers  and  has  Wm.  Catesby,  Sarah  Shattuck,  Powell 
Bnrwell,  Marv  Catlett  and  Elizabeth. 

(9)  Hettie,'  b.  Nov.  5,  1852,  d.  March  31,  1875. 

(10)  Powell  Bnrwell,'  h.  Oct.  11,  1854,  d.,  unmarried,  July 
2,  1894. 

(11)  Landon  Carter,"  b.  April  18,  1857,  grad  of  Pichmond 
College  and  now  farm  demonstrator  for  Gloucester  Co., 
mar.  at  Glendale,  Henrico  Co.,  Ya..,  Oct.  26,  1893, 
Letitia  Pebecca  Nelson,  dan.  of  Peginald  Heber  and 
Sallie  (Nelson)  Nelson.  Issue:  (a)  Landon  Carter,® 
Jr.,  b.  Feb.  11,  1898,  now  a  student  at  University  of 
Ya.;  (b)  Letitia  Nelson,®  b.  Sept.  3,  1902,  d.  July  2, 
1904;  (c)  Mary  iMann  Page,®  b.  Nov,  1,  1904;  (d) 
Fanny  Bnrwell,®  b.  Aug.  30,  1906. 

The  children  of  Henrietta  Catlett®  and  Benjamin  IValler  were: 

(1)  Chas.  Carter  Page  Waller,^  mar.  his  cousin,  Ann  Walker 
Carter  Catlett.  For  issrre,  see  back. 

(2)  Dr.  Wm.  Jones  Waller,^  of  “Oakwell,”  mar.  his  cousin, 
Martha  Catlett  Field,  and  had  Ella.®  mar.  (first  wife) 
Horace  Wellford  Jones  and  d.  s.  p.  Dr.  Waller,  in  later 
life,  became  insane  and  died  in  asylum.  i\[rs.  Martha  C. 
Waller  mar.  (II)  Wilson  Williams.  No  issue. 

The  children  of  Sarah  Catlett®  and  Bartholomew  Yates  were 
Chas.  Ann.  d.  unmarried,  and  Pobt.,  mar.  Mary  Ann  Booth,  dan. 
of  Jno.  and  Marv  Ann  (Field)  Wood,  and  gr.  dan.  of  Stephen  and 
Ann  Booth  Field,  and  had : 

(1)  Nancy,"  d.  unmarried;  (2)  Sally,"  d.  unmarried;  (3) 
IMary  Eliza, ^  d.  unmarried;  (4)  Pobinette,"  mar.  Jno. 
Samuel  Cook,  clerk  of  Gloucester  Co.,  C.  S.  A.,  and 
bad  (a)  Jno.  S.,®  Jr.;  (b)  Eliza,®  mar.  Pobt.  S.  Poss. 

Children  of  i\Iary  Catlett,®  and  Col.  Pobt.  Thruston  are : 

(1)  Mary  Carter,’’  mar.  Jno.  Sinclair,  and  had:  (a)  Pobt.’ 
of  Newport  News,  mar.  Cora  Banks,  and  had  seven  chil¬ 
dren.  only  one  now  living,  Blanche  Munford ;  (b) 
Henry,  of  Hampton,  d.  1915,  mar.  Florence  Banks,  and 

has  Henry,®  and  Lizzie  Baytop,®  mar. -  Newkirk,  of 

New  Jersey,  no  issue;  (c)  William,’  of  Elizabeth  City 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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Co.,  mar.  Susie  i\loore,  of  Elizabeth  City  Co.,  and  has 
Angie,®  Frank,®  Susie,®  William,®  Fannie,®  and  ^la- 
rion  ;®  (d)  John,'  d.  s.  p. 

(2)  Sarah,®  mar.  Jno.  N.  Hose  and  has  Minnie'  and  Hobert,^ 
living  in  Lynchburg,  Va. 

Children  of  Lucy  Taliaferro®  Catlett  and  Capt.  James  Bayton, 
of  Springfield,  are  given  in  full  in  Baytop  Family,  which  see. 

Children  of  Ann  M'alker  Carter®  Catlett  and  Jno.  Field: 

(1)  Chas.  Carter,"  mar.  Harriet  Taliaferro,  dan.  of  James 
Baytop  and  Kate  (Booth)  Taliaferro,  of  Roaring 
Springs;  issue,  (a)  Helen,®  d.  unmarried;  (b)  Hallie,® 

mar.  -  iMerrill ;  (c)  John,®  mar.  Loulie  Cary  and 

had  Kitty;  (d)  Ellen;®  (e)  Kate,®  mar.  Willie  C'ary 
and  had  French;  (f)  Eugene,®  mar.  Lelia  Shackelford, 
no  issue. 

(2)  John  CatletV  IHiza  Brown,  and  had:  (a)  IMary,® 

mar.  -  Short,  of  Richmond,  and  had  Norman;  (b) 

Elizabeth,®  mar.  (I)  -  Yancey,  of  Eichmond,  and 

had  issue;  mar.  (IF)  -  Orgain;  (c)  Alice.®  mar. 

- Wilborn  and  had  Field. 

(3)  Thos.  tv.,'  mar.  Julia  Pryor  Davies  and  had  (a)  Chas.,® 

mar. - Lane,  of  Matthews;  (b)  Ann.® 

(4)  Ann  Buckner,^  mar.,  2nd  wife,  Tabb  Yelverton  Catlett; 
no  issue. 

(5)  IMartha  Catlett,^  mar.  (f)  Dr.  tVm.  Jones  "Waller,  her 
cousin,  and  had  Ella,®  mar.  (1st  wife)  Horace  tVellford 
Jones;  mar.  (II)  Wilson  Williams;  no  issue. 


Children  of  Martha  Catlett®  and  tVm.  Banks  were  Thos.  W.,'  a 
gallant  Confederate  soldier,  who  died  in  prison  in  1805,  mar. 
Eugenia  T.  Baytop,  his  cousin,  and  had  Wm.  T.,®  d.  y. ;  Cora,®  mar. 
Eobt.  Sinclair  (See  back);  Florence,®  mar.  Henry  Sinclair  (See 
back). 

Martha  Catlett,®  mar.  (II)  Chas.  Beverley  Thruston  (2nd  wife), 
and  had  Martha,"  mar.  Eev.  S.  T.  Graham,  of  New  Jersey,  and  had 
four  children — Thruston,®  Everett,®  Evelyn,®  and  Herbert.® 

Descendants  of  Benjamin,  b.  ITS.",  Son  of  John  and  Warj-  EK'Rleston 
Catlett,  Married  Mary  Gwathiney,  of  Kinf;  and  tliieen. 


(1)  Temple  Gwathmey,®  b.  1809,  of  Locust  Grove,  Gloucester  (''o., 
mar.  his  cousin,  IMartha  C'atlett,  dau.  of  Geo.  and  Mary  (Dixon) 
f'atlett,  and  had:  (a)  Thos.  Yelverton,^  of  Baltimore,  mar. 
IMargaret  Hackney,  and  had  Lucius  Lanier,®  d.  unmarried; 


DescendMits  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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Kva/  mar.  Chas.  Kingman,  and  lives  in  Charleston,  S.  C. ;  (b) 
^larv  Dixon,"  d.  nmnarried;  (c)  Ada  Gwathmey,"  mar.  Shep- 
harii  G.  ]\li!ler,  of  Matthews  Co.  No  issue. 

(■2)  Thos.  Eggleston,“  b.  1812,  a  somnambnlist,  and  on  a  trip  to 
Baltimore  walked  overboard  and  was  drowned,  mar.  Fannie 
Catherine  Wood,  dan.  of  Jno.  and  Mary  (Field)  Wood,  and 
had:  (a)  Geo.  Temple,"  b.  1837,  d.  nmnarried,  C.  S.  A.;  (b) 
Agnes  Temple,"  d.  y.;  (c)  Fannie  Eggleston,"  mar.  Elijah 
Powell,  of  King  William  Co.,  and  had  Lnla,®  Snsie,®  Simon,* 
Benjbimin,®  Eva,®  Mand,®  Agnes®  and  Thomas,®;  (d)  Thos. 
Benjamin,"  b.  1844,  mar.  Nannie  Waring;  no  issne;  (e)  Wm. 
Stephen  Field,  member  Co.  D,  24th  Va.  Cavalry,  mar  (I)  Imcy 
Clayton  Hughes  and  had  (a)  Thos.  Otis  Hnghes,®  d.  y. ;  mar. 
(II)  Mary  Catherine  Hughes,  and  had  (b)  Wm.  IValler,®  d.  y. ; 
(c)  Mary  Sue,®  mar.  Elben  Clive  Folkes  and  is  living  in  Eich- 
mond;  issue,  Joseph  Ashby,®  and  Henry  Skinner;®  (d)  IVm. 
Hunter,®  mar.  Fannie  Hill  Ash,  of  Gloucester  Co.,  Va.,  and 
has  Stephen  Ashby,®  and  Mhllard  Hughes;®  (e)  Ashby  Lee,® 
d.  y. 

(3)  Hannah,®  mar.  Kichard  Taliaferro  Shackelfoi’d,  of  King  and 

Queen  Co.,  and  had  Williamtina,^  mar. - Lambeth ;  Frank,’^ 

Temple,"  Fannie,"  living  in  1911  in  Baltimore,  very  old  and 
unmarried. 


Deseenrtaiits  of  Thos.  EgKle.ston,®  Son  of  John  and  Mary  Eggleston 
Catelee,  Married  Ann  Gwathmey,  of  King  and  tlneen  County. 

He  purchased  “Barren  Point,”  Gloucester  Co.,  Va.,  in  1793, 
from  Francis  Thornton,  where  he  died.  Had  issue — one  son  and 
two  daughters. 

(1)  John  Catlett,®  of  Gloucester,  known  as  “Gate-Post  John,”  d. 
before  1850.  In  1822  he  was  promoted  from  ensign  to  lieut. 
in  21st  Eegt.,  Va.  Militia  (Glo.  K.,  Vol.  II).  Mar.  Martha,  dau. 
of  Col.  James  Baytop,  of  the  Eevolution,  and  had  one  son, 
James  Baytop,'^  who,  possessed  of  an  ample  fortune,  spent  his 
time  between  his  two  farms,  Endfield  and  Gloucester  Place, 
accompanied  l)y  his  favorite  slave,  William,  to  whom  he  had 
promised  freedom  at  his  death.  After  an  unusual  absence  from 
Endfield,  where  his  mother  resided,  a  hunt  was  instituted  by 
his  friends,  and  his  body  was  found  in  the  woods,  butchered 
with  an  axe  by  this  favorite  body-servant,  who  had  fled  to  the 
woods  for  safety.  After  an  extensive  search  of  th.e  entire  com¬ 
munity  IVilliam  was  captured  and  tried  by  the  court  and  hung. 
Tlie  body  of  James  Catlett,  with  those  of  his  father  and  mother, 
are  buried  at  Springfield  with  appropriate  tombs. 

(2)  Nancy."  mar.  Albert  G.  Dabney  and  has  issue  in  Kentucky. 

(3)  Mary,®  mar.  Cornelius  Dabney  and  had  (a)Ann  Eliza,^  mar. 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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^Vln.  W.  Jones  and  liad  Caiy  Winston,®  mar.  Miss  Ann 
Tappan,  of  Petersburg;  (b)  Caroline  Catlett,'^  mar.  (2nd  wife) 
Thos.  C.  Bay  top,  no  issue;  (c)  Benjamin,"  went  to  Ky.  and 
had  issue.  ( In  1824  Albert  G.  and  Cornelius  Dabney  sold  their 
interest  in  the  farm  Barren  Point  to  Jno.  Catlett,  their  brother- 
in-law.) 


Desoendaiits  of  Georj?^,®  Son  of  Jno.  nn«l  Mary  EsKlo-ston  Catlett,  Married 
Dee.  23,  1800,  in  Kin^  and  Q.neen  County,  Mary  Dixon,  Daughter 
of  Jno,  and  Eliza  Peyton  Dixon. 

(4)  Tab!)  Yelverton,®  mar.  (1)  ^lartba  Brown,  dan.  of  Win.  Bur¬ 
nett  and  Mary  (Booth)  Brown  and  had  (a)  Henry  Bradley,^ 
lieut.  in  Capt.  Allen’s  Co.,  24th  Va.  Cavalry,  survived  the  war 
and  went  into  business  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  where  he  died  un¬ 
married;  (b)  Wm.  Burnett,'^  member  of  Gloucester  Cavalry, 
5th  Va.  Cav.,  Bosser’s  Brigade,  mar.  Mary  Louisa  Booth,  dau. 
of  Thos.  B.  and  IVIargt.  (Sinclair)  Booth,  and  had  one  dau., 
IMary,®  mar.  Keith  Sinclair,  and  had  Henry,®  d.  y.,  Eloise,® 
b.  1903;  (c)  Martha  Louisa,'^  mar.  Henry  Sinclair,  and  has 
Keith,®  mar.  his  cousin,  IMary  Catlett  (see  above),  Diana,® 
mar  Joseph  Andrews  and  has  issue;  Louisa,®  mar.  Edwin 
Philips  and  has  issue. 

Mar.  (II)  Ann  Buckner  Field;  no  issue. 

(2)  l\Iartha,®  mar.  her  cousin.  Temple  Gwathmey  Catlett,  which  see. 

(3)  Eliza,®  mar.  Geo.  Booth  and  had  Tom,'^  d.  unmarried  before 
1861;  Wm.  Tufts,"  d.  unmarried  before  1861;  Geo.  Yelverton," 
member  of  Glou-cester  Cavalry,  5th  Ya.  Begt.,  Bosser’s  Brigade, 
survived  war  and  died  soon  after  unmarried. 

(4)  George,®  mar.  l\Iaria  Hackney,  b.  1829,  who  still  lives  in  Bal¬ 
timore,  Md.,  and  had  issue,  (a)  Eliza  Peyton,^  b.  1850.  mar. 
Geo.  Burton,  of  Baltimore,  l\Id.  Issue:  Sallie  Peyton,®  mar. 
Dr.  John  Underwood;  Alice,®  mar.  Harold  Covington  and  has 
Harold  Peyton,;®  Catherine,®  mar.  Bernard  Planning,  of  8.  C., 
and  Geo.  Catlett,®  unmarried;  (b)  John,"  nothing  known  of 
him. 


-IS 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  NICHOLAS  AND  SUSANNAH 
CATLETT. 

Accomjjan^ying  Col.  Jno.  Catlett,  the  immigrant,  besides  his  half- 
hrothers,  l^alph  and  Edward  Bowzie,  were  Nicholas  and  Thomas 
Catlett,  believed  to  be  the  sons  of  Col.  Jno.  by  his  first  wife  (name 
unknoM’n),  who  died  before  his  emigration  to  A^irginia  in  1650. 
Nicholas  was  a  headright  of  Col.  Jno.  Catlett  and  Ealph  Bowzie  in 
a  patent  of  400  acres  of  laud  on  23rd  May,  1650,  situated  on  south 
side  of  Bappahannock  river.  (Land  Book  6,  page  12.) 

Nicholas  patents,  with  Win.  Moseley,  October,  1670,  646  acres 
and  in  1672  1,750  acres,  and  in  September,  1672,  1,200  acres,  all 
on  south  side  of  Bappahannock  river,  and  the  last  adjoining  Capt. 
Booth’s.  (Land  Books,  Vol.  6,  pages  320,  384  and  539.) 

In  1669,  with  Col.  John,  Nicholas  witnessed  a  deed  in  Essex  Co. 
Nicholas  and  Susannah,  his  wife,  on  28th  March,  1668,  sold  one- 
half  interest  (i.  e.,  285  acres)  of  land,  and  in  deed  witnessed  by 
Col.  Jno.  Catlett  Avas  signed ; 

Susanna  W  Catlett. 

Nicholas  o.  Catlett. 

Nicholas  Catlett  recorded,  Feb.  2,  1665,  his  mark  for  his  hogs 
in  the  Essex  court,  viz :  Two  crops  and  a  slit  in  each  ear  and  an 
undercut  in  the  right  ear  (Essex  Becords). 

Nicholas  married  before  1668  (as  in  that  year  they  made  the  above 
deed).  Susannah,  believed  to  be  the  daughter  of  David  Meriwether, 
son  of  Nicholas,  the  immigrant  to  Essex  Co.,  who  died  Dec.  19, 
1678.  Nicholas  Meriwether  had  five  sons — Nicholas,  Francis, 
David,  Wm.  and  Thos.,  of  whom  Francis,  with  his  wife,  Mary 
Bathurst,  made  a  deed  to  David,  “son  and  only  heir  of  Nicholas 
Catlett,”  on  Aug.  10,  1696  (Essex  Becords). 

A  partial  corroboration  of  the  above  is  that  Thomas,  the  son  of 
David  Meriwether,  named  his  oldest  daughter  Susannah,  probably 
after  both  his  mother  and  sister. 

Nicholas  was  dead  before  1695,  as  in  that  year  David  Catlett 
(“planter”)  makes  a  deed,  reciting  that  he  was  son  and  only  heir 
of  Nicholas  Catlett. 

In  1716,  in  a  list  of  tithables  in  St.  Mary’s  White  Chapel  (Major 
Ball’s  list),  Mrs.  Catlett  is  given  with  four. 

In  1728  Wm.  Catlett  has  a  suit  in  Lancaster  Co.  with  Wm. 
Auch.  His  name  occurs  again  in  1731  (Lancaster  Becords).  This 
Wm.  and  Mrs.  Catlett,  presumably  son  and  mother,  can,  by  the 
process  of  differentiation,  be  placed  only  as  son  and  wife  of  David. 


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In  1735-40  there  lived  in  Lancaster  Co.  Geo.  ISTeville,  who  came 
witli  his  father  from  London  and  a  Mr.  Gibbs,  of  Scotland.  A 
daughter  of  the  latter  married  Geo.  Neville,  and  the  two  families, 
being  friends  of  Lord  Fairfax,  the  latter  induced  the  young  couple 
to  move  to  his  lands  in  Fauquier  Co.  (Wm.  Mauzy  Buck’s  Family 
M.  S.). 

From  the  frequent  subsequent  unions  of  the  Catletts  of  Fauquier 
and  Frederick  counties  with  the  Buck,  Eichardson,  Calmes,  Neville 
and  Blakemore  families,  all  of  whom  frequently  intermarried,  it  is 
fair  to  presume  that  Wm.  Catlett  also  went  to  Lord  Fairfax’s  do¬ 
main  and  became  the  progenitor  of  the  Catlett  family  in  the  Shena- 
doah  A'alley.  This  is  further  suggested  by  finding  his  name,  Wm. 
Catlett,  as  a  witness  with  Marquis  Calmes,  to  an  old  deed  to  Peter 
Catlett  (his  son?),  now  in  my  possession,  to  the  “White  Post” 
tract  of  land,  Aug.  21,  1759.  This  deed,  lent  me  by  Mrs.  Fannie 
Catlett  Cravens,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  is  a  long  and  curious  docu¬ 
ment,  as  were  all  indentures  of  that  date.  Its  location  was  “on 
south  side  of  great  road  that  goes  by  and  from  Col.  Jno.  Hite’s  to 
Ashby’s  Bend  or  Gap,  *  known  by  name  of  Dutch  Wagon 

Eoad.”  It  was  purchased  “of  the  trustees  appointed  by  act  of  As¬ 
sembly  for  the  sale  of  the  estate  of  the  late  George  Carter,  Esq., 
dec’d,  being  Lott  no  nine  and  joining  lands  of  Col.  Landon  Carter 
and  Lord  Fairfax — ’’“Quit  rents  payable  to  our  sovereign  Lord  the 
King.” 

This  is  the  “White  Post”  farm  so  long  the  home  of  the  Catlett 
family  in  Frederick,  and  from  which  so  many  fledgelings  of  this 
branch  have  flown  to  the  West  and  South. 

The  constant  recurrence  of  the  names  of  David,  Eobt.  and  Peter 
in  this  branch,  names  almost  unknown  in  the  Eastern  branches, 
gives  emphasis  to  the  belief  that  they  are  descendants  of  David. 


Information  relative  to  Thomas,  who  came  with  Col.  John  the 
immigrant,  is  very  scarce  and  meagre.  In  1661  he  was  a  witness  to 
a  conveyance  of  Jno.  Catlett  and  wife  Elizabeth  (Essex  Eecords). 
In  1672  he  patents  50  acres  of  land  on  west  branch  of  Elizabeth 
river  (Land  Book  VI,  page  417). 

In  1709  a  Eeuben  Catlett  enters  a  suit  in  Northumberland  county 
and  suit  is  dismissed  (Northumberland  Eecords).  This  Eeuben 
must  have  been  of  age  in  this  year  1709,  and,  if  so,  could  not  have 
been  son  of  David,  who,  on  Ids  own  deposition,  was  21  years  old  in 
1690.  Again,  in  1695,  David  Catlett  (planter)  makes  a  deed  alone, 
no  wife’s  signature,  to  lands,  reciting  that  he  was  the  only  sou  and 
heir  of  Nicholas  Catlett  (Essex  Eecords).  He  was  not,  therefore, 
the  father  of  Eeuben.  Again,  all  of  the  issue  of  Col.  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Knderwood)  Catlett  up  to  this  time  are  fully  accounted 
for.  Therefore,  Thomas  only  can  he  assigned  as  father  of  Eeuben. 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


But  this  gives  but  little  relief,  since  this  is  the  ouly  occurrence  of 
Beuhen  in  the  records.  The  name  of  Eeuhen  occurs  iniich  later  in 
the  children  of  John®  and  Mary  (Grayson)  Catlett,  but  he,  too,  seems 
to  have  left  no  descent.  Therefore,  no  known  descendants  of  Thomas 
the  immigrant  can  be  found. 

Presuming  that  William,  the  son  of  David,  is  the  progenitor  of 
all  of  the  Catletts  of  the  Shenadoah  Valley,  we  will  have: 

Wm.,  of  Lancaster,  mar.  and  moved  to  valley  about  1740-45,  died 
about  1788,  since  he  disappears  about  this  time  from  the  tax  books 
of  Frederick  Co.,  where  he  had  paid  taxes  on  500  acres  for  years. 
He  is  believed  to  be  the  father  of  John,  of  Fauquier,  will  1778;  of 
Peter,  will  1785,  prob.  1791;  James,  will  1797;  and  Eobt.,  estate 
administered  in  1804,  all  of  Frederick  Co.  From  the  wills  and  the 
intermarriages  of  the  four  families,  it  is  almost  positive  that  these 
were  all  brothers. 

In  the  Fauqier  records  occurs  the  will  of  Jno.  Catlett,  recorded 
23rd  March,  1778,  in  which  he  mentions  “son  John,  one  shilling;  son 
Wm.,  190  acres;  son  Alexander,  179  acres;  to  dan.  Elizabeth,  two 
negro  boys,  certain  rents  and  other  property;  to  dan.  Jane  Coppage, 
certain  personalty;  to  dan.  Barsheba  Young,  personal  property;  to 
granddau.  Margaret  Hume,  personalty;  to  Mary  Ann  Hagan,  Eliz¬ 
abeth  Catlett,  Jane  Coppage,  Barsheba  Young,  Isabell  Summers 
and  Frances  Priest,  residue  of  estate.”  * 

On  May  2,  1778,  soon  after  recording  of  above  will,  Wm.  and 
wife  Lettice,  and  Alexander,  of  the  county  of  Loudoun,  and  Su¬ 
sannah,  his  wife,  convey  to  James  Dowdell  the  above  devised  lands. 
(Fauquier  Eecords.) 

Of  John,  cc;t  off  with  a  shilling,  we  have  found  no  records 
in  Virginia.  We  find,  in  the  History  of  the  Scott  Family,  that 
Frances  Ann,  daughter  of  James  Scott  and  Frances  Collier,  mar¬ 
ried  (I)  Eenben  Coleman,  who  died  in  1796  in  Georgia,  and  she 
married  (II)  Jno.  Catlett,  with  no  issue.  She  was  doubtless  his 
second  wife. 

In  “Smith’s  Story  of  Georgia,”  lands  were  granted  in  1767  in 
Burke  Co.,  Ga.,  to  Jno.  Catlett.  In  1774  the  same  author  mentions 
that  Jno.  and  Wm.  Catlett  sign  with  others  a  protest  in  Burke  Co. 
against  the  Patriots  or  “Liberty  Boys.” 

These  extracts  from  Smith’s  book  suggest  that  the  John  men¬ 
tioned  may  have  been  the  son  of  Jno.  Catlett,  whose  will  is  given. 
We  find  further  the  will  of  Geo.  Catlett  in  Chatham  Co.,  Ga.,  in 
1789,  who  was  probably  the  Judge  Catlett  already  alluded  to  as 
dying  in  Georgia  without  issue  and  his  estate  given  to  strangers, 
and  Wm.  Catlett  on  the  jury  in  Montgomery  Co.,  Ga.,  1816.  Wm. 
may  he  a  descendant  of  the  above  Jno. 

Frederick  County  Catletts. 

Allusion  has  already  been  made  to  Wm.  Catlett  as  probable 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


51 


father  of  John,  of  Fauquier,  Peter,  Janies  and  Eobt.,  of  Frederick 
County. 

In  Frederick  Co.  occur  the  following  wills : 

Book  5,  page  303 ;  Peter  Catlett’s  will  mentions  wife  Ann, 
nephew  Henry,  son  of  his  bro.  Pobt. ;  nephew  Jno.  son  of  his  bro. 
James;  nephews  Jno.  and  Peter,  sons  of  his  bro.  Eobt. ;  nephew 
Charles,  son  of  his  bro.  James,  and  in  a  codicil  changes  a  becpiest  to 
his  nephew  Jno.,  son  of  his  bro.  Eobt.,  and  he  to  pay  to  each  of  his 
five  bros.,  Eobt.,  David,  Peter,  Jes.se  and  Ceorge,  also  to  his  cousin 
Chas.  Catlett,  son  of  his  bro.  James,  etc.,  dated  8ept.  22,  1785, 
prob.  April  8,  1791. 

Book  6,  page  29(1 :  James  Catlett’s  will  speaks  of  himself  as 
James  Catlett,  Sr.,  son  John,  son  James,  dan.  Betsy  ^IcPherson, 
Jane  Gosney,  son  Charles  Catlett  gr.  son  Chas.  IMcPherson,  gr.  dau. 
Edy  C’atlett,  dated  ^larch  27,  1797,  prob.  Sept.  4,  1797. 

Book  4,  page  448 :  Peter  Catlett’s  will  mentions  wife  IMary,  dau. 
Edy.  Jas.  Catlett,  Jno.  Bell  and  Polly  Catlett,  executors;  Eobt. 
ami  Henry  Catlett,  witnesses.  Will  dated  April  3,  1778  ;  recorded 
June  1,  1779.  In  the  appraisement  of  his  estate  he  is  s])oken  of  as 
Peter,  Jr. 

In  the  Jefferson  Co.,  Ky.,  Records  is  a  deed  dated  June  20,  1800, 
to  lands,  signed  by  John  t'atlett,  Xath.  WcPherson  and  wife,  Eliza¬ 
beth,  James  Catlett,  Charles  Catlett  and  Jane  Gosney,  widow  of 
Henry,  and  Edy  Catlett,  reciting  that  they  are  heirs  and  heiresses 
of  James  Catlett,  deceased.  In  same  records,  on  Aug.  1,  1801, 
Edith  Catlett  sells  one-sixth  part  of  500  acres  granted  to  James 
Catlett  in  1785,  grandfather  of  said  Edith. 

iMarch  !(!,  1801,  Charles  Catlett  and  wife  Catherine,  of  Frederick 
Co.,  Ya.,  convey  500  acres  given  him  by  his  deceased  father  James 
Catlett  (Jefferson  Co.  Eecords). 

In  1783,  in  Jefferson  Co.,  Ky.,  occurs  also  an  olographic  will  of 
Eobt.  Catlett,  leaving  his  estate  to  his  bro.  Charles  (Book  1,  page  2). 
This  Eobt.  was  a  son  of  James,  whose  will  is  given  above. 

Eobt.  Catlett  seeems  not  to  have  left  a  will.  His  estate  is  ap¬ 
praised  and  sales  account  rendered  Jan.  2,  1804  (Frederick  Eecords). 

From  the  above  it  is  fair  to  ])resume  that  William,  who  came 
from  Lancaster  to  Frederick,  some  time  about  1735-1750,  and  ap¬ 
pears  for  the  last  time  in  tax  book  of  Frederick  Co.  in  1788  for  500 
acres,  had  four  sons,  viz : 

(1)  John,  of  Farquier,  will  1778,  whose  decendants  are  given 
beneath. 

(2)  James,  mar.  Jane  - .  He  had  deed  to  land  in  Frederick 

Co.,  1753,  and  was  in  a  poll  for  Geo.  Washington  in  Fred¬ 
erick  Co.  in  1758.  Will  given  about  1797,  and  had  issue. 

(3)  Peter,  l\Iar.  Ann  Calmes,  dau.  of  l\Iar(piis  Calmes,  b.  1705, 


Aflh)  E  .‘  -' 

122  East 


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d.  IT  To,  mar.,  1725,  Wiunifred  Waller,  b.  1709,  d.  Oct.  6, 
1857.  Xo  issue.  He  bought  “White  Post”  farm  in  1759  (see 
deed  above),  and  at  his  death  bequeathed  it  to  his  nephew, 
Henry  Catlett  (son  of  Eobt.),  who  mar.  Miriam  Calmes,  the 
niece  of  Ann  Calmes  above.  Peter’s  will,  1785,  given  above, 
mentions  the  sons  of  his  two  l)ros.,  Eobt.  and  James. 

(4)  Eobt.,  b.  1721,  d.  Feb.  26,  1803,  mar.  Mar}^  Floyd,  living  in 
1816,  and  had  numerous  issue.  He  left  no  will,  but  his  estate 
was  administered  1801  (Frederick  Co.  Eecords.  Book  7, 
page  191). 

Before  giving  descendants  of  above  it  is  well  to  insert  here  the 
following  marriages,  taken  from  Frederick  Co.  Eecords : 

iilarquis  Calmes  Eichardson  and  Henrietta  Catlett,  married  by 
Ale.xander  Bahlmain,  Feb.  19,  1789. 

Jesse  Catlett  and  Euth  Banham,  by  Elisha  Phelps,  Feb.  9,  1792. 

Joseph  Catlett  and  Nancy  Allensworth,  by  Win.  Williamson,  Jan. 
6,  1801. 

William  Catlett  and  Lucy  Ashby,  by  Wm.  F.  P.  Davis,  Nov. 
30,  1803. 

Jno.  Campbell  and  Dorotha  Catlett,  by  Wm.  Hill,  March  10,  1803. 

Thos.  Catlett  and  Polly  Payles,  by  Wm.  Hill,  Jan.  20,  1808. 

Peter  Senseny  and  Louisa  Catlett,  by  Sam’l  0.  Henderson,  Nov. 
22,  1808. 

Horatio  Catlett  and  Mary  Ann  Catlett,  by  Wm.  Hill,  Dec.  22, 
1809. 

James  Allensworth  and  Eliza  Catlett,  by  Wm.  Northern,  Jan. 
16,  1810. 

Adam  Hamburgh  and  Matilda  Catlett,  by  Wm.  Northern,  Feb. 
3,  1813. 

Here,  too,  may  be  entered  records  from  several  Family  Bibles. 
It  appears  that  J ohn  Catlett,  who  married  Allie  T.  King,  kept  a  most 
complete  faniil}^  record,  which  has  been  copied  by  several  of  his 
descendants. 

His  grandson,  Jno.  Allensworth  Catlett,  before  emigrating  to 
the  West,  copied  this  record  and  carried  it  with  him,  and  a  copy 
is  now  furnished  by  his  grandson,  John  Asabel  Catlett,  of  Clarks¬ 
ville,  Tenn.,  who  writes : 

“While  out  at  the  old  Allensworth  graveyard  I  was  shown  the 
place  where  my  great-great-grandfather  was  buried,  and  along  the 
creek.  Little  West  Fork,  the  place  where  he  first  settled  in  1785  and 
built  his  mill,  blacksmith  shop  and  still.  Just  above  the  old  mill- 
dam  they  showed  me  a  tree — beechnut — that  has  just  died,  carved 
with  my  grandfather’s  initials,  J.  A.  C.,  on  the  day  he  came  there 
from  Virginia  (July  27,  1823).  My  father  carved  his  initials  on  it 
just  fifty  years  later  (July  31,  1873).  It  is  wonderful  that  the 


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initials  and  date  should  have  lasted,  but  it  is  clear  even  now  that 
the  tree  has  died,  and  seems  to  he  the  only  record  that  our  family 
has  been  able  to  keep  for  that  length  of  time.” 

The  writer  of  the  above  is  a  descendant  of  Joseph  King  Catlett, 
d.  1802,  and  Xancy  Allensworth,  d.  1802,  leaving  a  son,  John  Al- 
lensworth  Catlett,  b.  1801.  The  father  or  grandfather  of  Xancy 
Allensworth  settled  in  Kentucky  in  1785,  and  it  seems  that  John 
Allensworth  followed  him  in  1823. 

The  record  from  this  same  original  Bible  of  Jno.  Catlett  has  been 
sent  to  me  lyy  !Mr.  Grandison  Catlett,  of  Bucktown,  Va.,  who  is  a 
grandson  of  Jno.  and  Allie  T.  King  Catlett,  through  his  youngest 
son,  John,  b.  1797,  d.  1873.  The  following  are  the  records  : 

“Robt.  Catlett,  my  father,  departed  this  life  Feh.  20,  1803,  2  ;30 
o’clock,  age  82  years. 

“Peter  D.  Catlett  died  Feh.  25,  1871. 

“John  (son  of  Kobt.  and  iMary  Floyd),  h.  Sept.  30,  1749,  d. 
1826,  mar.  June  17,  1775,  Allie  T.  King,  b.  Dec.  26,  1755,  d.  Oct. 
28,  1802.” 

Their  children  were : 

Xancy  Catlett,  b.  May  17,  1776. 

Elijah  Catlett,  b.  Dec.  23,  1777. 

Joseph  King  Catlett,  b.  Xov.  3,  1779,  d.  Feb.  26,  1802. 
Henrietta  Catlett,  b.  Oct.  30,  1781. 

Amelia  F.  Catlett,  b.  Feb.  21,  1784,  d.  April  30,  1802. 

Robt.  Catlett,  b.  Jan.  13,  1786,  d.  July  5,  1801. 

Louisa  Catlett,  b.  Xov.  7,  1787. 

Diary  F.  Catlett,  b.  Dec.  24,  1789. 

Patsy  D.  Catlett,  b.  Dlarch  26,  1792,  d.  Feb.  26,  1871. 

Caroline  Matilda,  b.  Sept.  3,  1794,  d.  Sept.  12,  1825. 

John  Catlett,  b.  March  27,  1797,  d.  May  24,  1873. 

All  born  in  Frederick  County,  Ya. 

The  following  marriages  are  recorded : 

Joseph  King  Catlett,  d.  1802,  and  Xancy  xillensworth,  d  1802, 
Jan.  6,  1801. 

Xancy  Catlett  and  Spencer  Lehue,  June  10,  1802. 

Henrietta  Catlett  and  Butler  Allensworth,  Sept.  23,  1802. 

Louisa  Catlett  and  Peter  Senseney,  Xov.  22,  1808. 

Caroline  Dlatilda  Catlett,  d.  Sept.  12,  1825,  and  Adam  Tlam- 
baugh,  d.  Sept.  8,  1825,  Feb.  11,  1813. 

Patsy  D.  Catlett,  d.  1871,  and  Alexander  Catlett,  Jr.,  Aug.  26,  1813. 
Elijah  Catlett  and  Peggy  Sperry,  Feb.  18,  1816. 

Jno.  Catlett  and  Cornelia  T.  Catlett,  Dec.  8,  1825. 


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Descendants  of  Cot.  John  Catlett. 


Tlie  following  also  occurs  in  Mr.  J.  A.  Catlett’s  Bible: 

"John  Allenswortli  Catlett  (son  of  Joseph  King,  d.  Feb.  26,  1802, 
and  Nancy  (Allenswortli)  Catlett,  d.  April  7,  1802),  born  Sunday, 
Nov.  1,  1801,  in  Frederick  Co.,  Va.. 

“Allie  Ann  Sensency,  dau.  of  Peter  and  Louisa  (Catlett)  Seu- 
seney,  born  Sept.  17,  1815,  at  Mount  Hope,  Shenadoali  Co.,  Va. 
‘■'John  Allenswortli  Catlett  and  Alice  Ann  Senseney,  mar.  March 

28,  1839,  in  ]\Iontgoinery  Co.,  Tenn.” 

Thecliildren  of  above: 

Ann  Louisa  Catlett,  b.  Jan.  16,  1840,  Montgomery  Co.,  Tenn. 
Cornelia  Catherine  Catlett,  b.  April  7,  1842,  in  Trigg  Co.,  Ky. 
Alexander  Clay  Catlett,  b.  Aug.  13,  1844,  in  Trigg  Co.,  Ky. 

John  Joseph  Crittendon  Catlett,  b.  Saturday,  Aug.  12,  1848. 
Addison  Clay  Catlett,  b.  Wednesday,  Aug.  3,  1853,  in  Christian 
Co.,  Ky. 

John  Allenswortli  Catlett,  d.  Sept.  11,  1867,  in  Christian  Co.,  Ky. 
Allie  Ann  Catlett  (his  wife),  died - . 

Alexander  Clay  Catlett  died  in  Columbia,  S.  C.,  Feb.  26,  1865, 
from  a  wound  received  in  the  Confederate  service. 

John  Joseph  Crittendon  Catlett  mar.  Fanny  Elizabeth  Patch, 
(b.  June  16,  1860),  Aug.  17,  1887. 

John  Joseph  Crittendon  Catlett  died  Oct.  1,  1898. 

Cornelia  Catherine  Catlett,  b.  April  7,  1842,  d.  Nov.  9,  1904, 
mar.  Willie  C.  Oliver,  Sept.  21,  1869. 

Addison  Cyrus  Catlett,  b.  Aug.  3,  1853,  mar.  Maria  Leavill,  April 

29,  1903. 

Ann  Louisa  Catlett,  b.  Jan.  26,  1840,  d.  Oct.  8,  1880,  mar.  Chas- 
tien  Wilson  Luderman  Jan.  16,  1864. 


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DESCENDANTS  OF  JNO/  (WM.’^  DAVID,*  NICH- 
OLASO  OF  FAUQUIER  WERE,  ACCORDING 
TO  HIS  WILL,  DATED  MARCH  23. 1778: 

(1)  Jno.,®  cut  off  with  a  shilling,  believed  to  have  gone  to  Ga. 

(2)  William,®  mar.  Lcttice  Lee  (  ?).  (See  below.) 

(3)  Alexander,®  mar.  Susannah  Hanson  (?)  and  had  numer¬ 
ous  descent.  (See  below.) 

(4)  Jane,  mar.  -  Coppage. 

(5)  Barsheba,  mar. - Young. 

(6)  A  dan.,  mar. -  Hume  and  had  llargaret. 

(7)  Mary  Ann,  mar.  -  Hagan. 

(8)  Elizabeth  Catlett. 

(9)  Isabell,  mar.  -  Summers. 

(10  Frances,  mar.  -  Priest. 

(1)  Of  the  above,  as  already  mentioned,  John  is  believed  to  have 
gone  to  Georgia  and  entered  lands  in  Burke  Co.  in  17G7.  There 
may  be  numerous  descendants  of  this  John  now  living  in  Georgia, 
but  the  writer  has  failed  to  find  them.  There  are,  however,  tra¬ 
ditions  in  several  branches  now  re.siding  in  Arkansas  and  Illinois 
which  point  strongly  to  this  John  as  an  ancestor. 

(3)  William,  to  whom  a  legacy  of  land  was  left  by  his  father, 
sold  the  same  immediately  after  receiving  it,  to  James  Dowdall, 

and  this  deed  is  signed  by  iiis  wife,  Lettice - .  His  brother  Alex, 

who  received  a  similar  tract,  sells  it  at  same  time  to  the  same  Janies 
Dowdall,  and  is  joined  by  his  wife,  Susannah  Hanson.  Since 
Arthur  Lee  married  Charity  Hanson  and  had  a  niece,  Lettice, 
daughter  of  Philip  Lee,  and'  his  wife.  Bridget,  of  IMarvland,  who 
IS  unaccounted  for  in  “Lee  of  Virginia,”  and  with  this  branch  of 
the  Lee  family  in  this  book  is  given  an  “Excursus  of  the  Hanson 
Family”  (page  153),  it  has  been  sugf,msted  that  the  wife  of  Win. 
Catlett  was  Lettice  Lee.  This  suggestion  is  further  emphasized  by 
the  peculiarity  of  the  name  “Lettice”  in  the  Lee  family  after  the 
marriage  of  Kichard  Lee  and  Letitia  Corbin  (about  1674). 

Again,  Thos.  Lee,  Sr.,  and  wife,  :\Iildred  Corbin  (Washington), 
lived  in  this  section  and  made  sales  of  land  to  several  members  of 
the  Catlett  family.  These,  however,  are  mere  suggestions,  and 
leave  the  surname  of  Lettice  still  in  the  domain  of  conjecture. 

By  this  marriage  there  was  only  one  child,  John,  b.  1776,  and 
A\  illiam  mai.  (II)  iMiss  iMiller.  This  son  John  kept  an  accurate 
age-hook,  which  has  preserved  a  record  of  the  births  and  marriages 
of  this  branch,  which  has  been  kindly  copied  by  iMr.  Denver  E.  Cat¬ 
lett,  of  Okonoko,  W.  \a.,  and  are  herewith  reproduced. 


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Descendants  of  Cot.  John  Catlett. 


Descendants  of  William  and  Two  Wives,  Lettice  Lee  (?) 
and - Miller  Catlett. 

(1)  John,  b.  Mat'  16,  1716,  d.  1861,  mar.  Aug.  20,  1796,  first 

ivife,  Ursula  Bailey,  b.  March  21,  1772,  and  had  issue  (see 
below)  ;  Wm.  mar.  (II)  - Miller  and  had - . 

(2)  William,  mar.  Sarah  Haverniale  and  had  (a)  Lena,  (b) 
John  Bun3'an,  (c)  James,  (d)  Joseph,  (e)  Emanuel,  (f) 
Alexander,  (g)  Elizabeth,  (h)  Basil,  (i)  Samuel,  (j) 
Elijah. 

(3)  Celia,  mar.  James  Luttrell  and  had  (a)  John,  (b)  Wil¬ 
liam,  (c)  Leonard,  (d)  Henry,  (e)  Adam,  (f)  James, 
(g)  Hanc}^,  (h)  Mary,  (i)  Celia,  (j)  Elizabeth. 

(1)  Mary,  mar.  Elias  Trotter;  no  issue. 

(5)  hTada,  mar. - Jolly  and  had  (a)  Daniel,  (b)  Elias. 

(6)  Margaret,  mar.  Elias  Gaither  and  had  (a)  William,  (b) 
Frank,  (c)  Haney,  (d)  Hannah. 

Descendants  of  John  and  Ursula  (Bailey)  Catlett,  First  Wife. 

(John,  b.  1776,  d.  1861,  mar.,  1796,  First  Wife,  Ursula 
Bailey,  b.  1772.) 

(1)  John,  b.  Hov.  20,  1797,  mar.  Phoebe  Finch  and  had  issue. 
(See  below.) 

(2)  Ann,  b.  May  30,  1799,  mar.  John  Place,  and  had  (a)  Nan, 
(b)  Joseph,  (c)  John,  (d)  Joshua,  (e)  Abraham,  (f) 
Ursula,  (g)  Phoebe,  (h)  Margaret,  (i)  Sarah. 

(3)  William,  b.  April  15,  1801,  mar.  Charlotte  Iden  (Zeiler?), 
and  had  issue.  (See  below.) 

(4)  James,  b.  Jan.  1,  1805,  mar.  (I)  Kate  Miller  and  had 
issue  (see  below)  ;  mar.  (II)  '\^Tdow  Brewer,  no  issue; 
mar.  (Ill)  Elizabeth  Unger  Hardy,  no  issue. 

(5)  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  29,  1808,  mar.  Moses  Batt,  and  had  (a) 
Joseph,  (b)  Aaron,  (c)  John,  (d)  Basil,  (e)  Moses, 
(f)  Thomas,  (g)  Abner,  (h)  Edward,  (i)  Mary,  (j) 
Nancy,  (k)  Margaret,  (1)  Hannah. 

(6)  Margaret,  b.  June  9,  1811,  d.  unmarried. 

(7)  Ursula,  b.  Nov.  9,  1812,  d.  unmarried. 

(8)  Basil,  mar.  Elizabeth  Luttrell  and  had  issue.  (See  below.) 

dohn  mar.  (II)  May  14,  1847,  Mary  Jane  PulTenburger 
and  had  issue. 

(9)  Mary  Jane,  b.  March  24,  1848,  mar.  (I)  Wm.  Beanhop, 
and  had  (a)  Basil;  mar.  (II)  Middleton  Gilbreath,  and 
had  (b)  Wilmer,  (c)  Michael. 

(10)  Jacob,  b.  June  25,  1850,  mar.  Martha  D.  Hinckle,  and 
had  issue:  (a)  Eobert,  mar.  Laura  Unger  and  had  William 
Oakley,  Ada  May  and  Viola;  (b) Hillary  Jefferson,  mar. 


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]\Ie]viiia  Kline  and  had  issue:  Clark,  Payne,  Edward  and 
Helen  ;  (c)  Denver  E.,  of  Okonoko,  W.  Va.,  who  has  kindly 
furnished  the  data  in  this  branch,  the  births  and  mar¬ 
riages  being  taken  from  his  grandfather’s  “Age  Book.” 
die  is  unmarried. 

(11)  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  17,  1852,  mar.  Jasper  Burton,  and  had: 
(a)  Virginia,  (b)  Boss,  (c)  Bichard,  (d)  Elmira  (e) 
Martha,  (f)  ]\Iillard  Blaine,  (g)  Benjamin,  and  three 
younger  children. 

(12)  John  W.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1856,  unmarried. 

(13)  Zachariah,  b.  March  4,  1860,  unmarried. 


Descendants  of  John  and  Phoehe  (Finch)  Catlett. 

(1)  James,  unmarried. 

(2)  Basil  C.,  mar.  Mary  Ellen  Clevenger,  of  Penn.,  and  had: 
(a)  John,  (b)  Basil  Lee  (c)  Florida,  (d)  Phoebe  Vir¬ 
ginia,  (e)  Abigail,  (f)  Elizabeth,  (g)  Grace,  (h)  Lilly. 

(3)  William  0.,  mar.  Kate  Echols,  and  had:  (a)  Daniel,  (b) 
John,  (c)  James,  (d)  George,  (e)  Charles,  (f)  Samuel, 
(g)  Emma.  He  left  Va.  in  1865  and  settled  in  Howell 
Co.,  Mo.,  and  in  1905  moved  to  Sidney,  Ark.,  where  he  and 
family  now  live. 

(4)  Jno.  F.,  mar.  Sarah  Belle  Shackleford,  and  had  seven 
children.  He  went  early  to  IMissouri  and  afterwards  to 
Boe,  Ark.,  where  he  died. 

(5)  Isaac,  d.  1918,  mar.  (I)  Kate  Harbough,  and  had:  (a) 
Lorenzo,  (b)  Lorena,  (c)  Belle;  mar.  (II)  Clara  Shafer, 
and  had:  (d)  Grace.  They  now  live  at  Searcy,  Ark. 

(6)  Sarah,  d.  unmarried. 

(7)  Ursula,  mar.  John  Shockey. 

(8)  Phoebe  Ann,  mar.  (I)  Wesley  Bishop,  and  had:  (a)  Bene¬ 
dict,  (b)  John  W.,  of  Clarendon,  Ark.,  mar.  Birdie  Bich- 
ards  and  has  four  children;  (c)  Elizabeth,  (d)  Elisha, 
(e)  James,  (f)  Mary;  mar.  (II)  Peter  Holland,  of 
Florida,  and  had  (g)  Phoebe,  (h)  Florida,  (i)  Peter. 

(9)  Mary,  mar.  Joseph  Lynch,  and  had:  (a)  Lussetta,  (b) 
Katherine. 

Descendants  of  William  and  Charlotte  Men  (Zeiler) 
Catlett. 

(1)  Buth,  mar.  (I)  James  Grone,  and  had :  (a)  William,  (b) 
Calmes,  (c)  Joseph,  (d)  George,  (e)  Tamson,  (f)  a  dau., 
(g)  a  dau.;  mar.  (II)  Henry  IMoore;  no  issue. 

(2)  Samuel,  mar.  Elsie  Hoile,  and  had:  (a)  Turner  Ashby, 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


(b)  Stump,  (c)  Tamsou,  and  several  others. 

(3)  William,  d.  unmarried. 

(d)  Daniel,  d.  unmarried. 

(5)  George,  mar.  Ellen  Adams,  and  had  Jacob  and  several 
daughters. 

(6)  Martha  Ann,  mar.  -  Hammock. 

(7)  Dorothy,  mar.  Van  Williams. 

Descendants  of  James  and  Kate  (Miller)  Catlett. 

(1)  Margaret,  mar.  Elias  Crouse,  and  had  Doc.  Crouse. 

(2)  James,  mar.  Mary  Ann  Putfenbiirger,  and  had:  (a) 
Joseph,  (b)  Mary,  mar.  Tom  Allen,  (c)  Edward  d.  un¬ 
married,  (d)  Albert,  (e)  Aden  A.,  a  teacher  at  Okonoko, 
W.  Va. 

(3)  Eliza,  mar. - ,  and  had  Francis  Marion  Catlett. 

Descendants  of  Basil  and  Elizahetli  (Luttrell)  Catlett. 

il).  Ellen,  d.  unmarried. 

(2)  Isaac,  d.  1879.  IVill  mentions  mother  Elizabeth  and 
bro.  Jno.  T.  (Frederick  Co.  Eecords.) 

(3)  Eebecca,  mar.  Benjamin  Marpole;  no  issue. 

(4)  Mary,  d.  unmarried. 

(5)  Benjamin  Franklin,  b.  1850,  mar.  Jane  Crozen,  and  had: 

(a)  William,  mar  -  Stotler  and  had  Chloe,  Della, 

Ada  and  Hilda;  (b)  Sherman,  mar.  -  Barney;  (c) 

Holland,  d.  unmarried;  (d)  Solomon  Jefferson,  mar. 
Phoebe  F.  Holland;  (e)  Edward;  (f)  Clara,  mar.  - 

Peynor;  (g)  Pose,  mar. - Steele;  (h)  Oscar. 

(6)  Martha,  mar.  James  Luttrell,  and  had:  (a)  Ulysses  S. 
Grant,  (b)  Sheridan,  (c)  Mathias,  (d)  Flossy,  (e)  name 

unknown. 

(7)  James  Thomas,  unmarried. 

(8)  Annie  Tamson,  mar.  Wm.  Line,  and  had  Isaac  Taylor  and 
Annie. 

(9)  John  Taylor,  cl.  unmarried. 

(3)  Descendants  of  Alexander  and  Susannah  Hanson  Catlett,  Son 
of  John,  of  Fauquier.  Will  1778. 

He  seems  to  have  been  a  prosperous  man.  In  1776  he  is  a  citizen 
of  Prince  William  County,  Va.,  and  published  in  the  Virginia 
Gazette  “one  Chas.  Adams,  who  sold  him  a  negro  woman  whom  he 
knew  to  be  a  lunatic.”  In  1778,  as  the  deed  given  above  shows,  he 
was  a  citizen  of  Loudoun  County,  Va.,  In  1790  the  census  of  Mary¬ 
land  places  him  in  Montgomery  County,  Mch,  with  two  white  males 
over  sixteen  years,  and  six  white  males  under  sixteen  years,  and  two 


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white  females.  He  probably  bad  at  this  time  seven  sons  and  one 
daughter  besides  himself  and  wife. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  nineteenth  century  he  settled  at  the 
mouth  of  the  “Big  Sandy  Jtiver”  in  Kentucky  and  gave  the  name 
of  Catlettsburg  fo  the  now  thriving  city  built  upon  his  lands  on  the 
Ohio  Eiver,  as  the  following  will  show.  He  seems  not  to  have  left 
a  will,  as  in  June,  1823,  at  a  court  held  in  Greenup  County,  Ky., 
Horatio  Catlett  obtained  letters  of  administration  on  the  estate  of 
Alexander  Catlett,  Sr.,  and  a])praisers  were  appointed  that  made 
their  final  report  on  the  23rd  January,  1824,  and  ordered  recorded. 
Alex.  Catlett  was  appointed  commissioner  of  revenue  taxes  by  the 
county  court  of  Greenup,  Ky.,  Feb.  24,  1805  (County  Eecords). 

Extract  From  Ely's  History  of  the  Big  Sandy  Eiver. 

“The  Catletts 

were  Virginians.  Sawny,  the  father  of  Horatio,  came  with  his 
family  to  the  ‘mouth’  early  in  the  century.  He  brought  negro 
slaves  with  him  and  was  a  well-to-do  man.  The  creek  running 
through  the  town  of  Catlettsburg  bears  the  Catlett  name,  in  addition 
to  the  name  of  the  live,  busy  mart  of  trade  often  called  the  ‘Gate 
City’ — the  only  monuments  commemorating  the  once  proud  family. 

“Sawny  Catlett’s  hones  lie  buried  in  the  old  Catlett  burying 
ground  near  the  barn  of  Col.  L.  T.  iMoore.  His  son  Horatio  was 
the  first  prominent  hotel-keeper  at  the  ‘mouth.’  He  was  also  a  mer¬ 
chant,  postmaster,  farmer,  ferryman  and  general  trader.  A  line  of 
stages  ran  through  the  place  from  Lexington,  Ky.,  to  Charleston, 
Va.,  in  early  times,  and  Mr.  Catlett  had  the  honor  of  entertaining 
such  notable  personages  as  Gen.  Jackson,  Henry  Clay  and  Felix 
Grundy.  While  the  ‘Catlett  House”  was  only  a  plain  log  building, 
the  splendid  menu  spread  for  its  guests,  with  the  charming  love¬ 
liness  of  the  ladies  of  the  household,  made  it  a  hostelry  far  in  ad¬ 
vance  of  its  day.  Several  of  the  present  matrons,  who  were  young 
misses  in  the  days  of  the  Catletts,  tell  us  that  tlie  blisses  Catlett 
were  the  most  charming  and  lovely  maidens  they  ever  knew. 

“As  the  outgoes  of  the  Catletts  were  greater  than  their  income, 
they  got  badly  in  debt,  and  to  extricate  themselves  they  sent  away 
one  by  one  of  their  numerous  slaves,  and  then  followed  on  after 
them  to  the  west  of  the  Mississippi,  hoping,  no  doubt,  to  raise 
enough  money  by  the  sale  of  the  negroes  to  lift  the  mortgage  from 
the  Catlett  estate  at  the  ‘mouth.’  But,  like  nearly  all  such  case^, 
the  scheme  failed. 

“Fri/  and  Lester, 

who  inherited  from  Wilson,  the  mortgagee,  the  title  to  the  property, 
as  the  mortgage  had  been  closed,  came  upon  the  scene.  In  1849, 
being  in  sore  need  of  ready  cash,  he  laid  off  the  town  of  Catletts- 


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biu'g,  from  Catlett's  street  to  Division  Creek,  and  in  less  than 
two  years  sold  the  remainder  to  a  syndicate  consisting  of  John 
Culver,  Wm.  Hampton  (grandfather  of  Geo.  Shortbridge  Hamp¬ 
ton,  who  later  married  Ann  F.  Catlett),  who  in  1857  laid  ont  that 
part  of  the  town  which  lies  above  Division  street.  In  1817  Horatio 
Catlett  returned  to  the  ‘month.’  Hearing  before  he  came  that  the 
valuable  property  was  about  passing  from  his  ownership  caused  his 
rage  to  boil  over  on  reaching  the  hotel,  and  he  died  so  suddenly  that 
an  autopsy  was  deemed  necessary.  *  *  *  jjis  remains  are  in- 

terrred  by  the  side  of  his  father  and  two  of  his  daughters.  The  death 
of  Horatio  Catlett  ended  the  Catlett  dynasty  at  the  ‘mouth.’  They 
will  long  be  remembered  as  giving  their  name  to  the  creek  running 
through  the  town  and  to  the  town  itself.” 

From  the  census  of  1790  it  was  inferred  that  Alexander  had  seven 
sons  and  one  daughter.  All  cannot  be  accounted  for.  The  follow¬ 
ing  children  only  are  given  : 

(1)  Dr.  Hanson,  of  Kentucky,  a  surgeon  in  the  U.  S.  Army.  His 
record,  given  by  Heitman  is :  Surgeon’s  mate,  26th  March, 
1804,  resigned  23rd  Kovember,  1804;  surgeon  1st  Infantry, 
Feb.  18,  1813;  post  surgeon,  1816;  asst,  surgeon,  1821.  Died 
21st  October,  1824.  He  married  Minerva  Lyon,  dau.  of  Hon. 
Matthew  Ly  on,M.  C.,  from  Vermont  and  Kentucky.  He  was 
second  to  Charles  Dickerson  in  his  duel  with  Gen.  Andrew 
Jackson.  There  was  passed  by  Congress  “An  act  for  the  relief 
of  the  representatives  of  Dr.  Hanson  Catlett,  late  of  the  U.  S. 
Army,”  approved  Feb.  24,  1832  (6  U.  S.  Statutes  at  L.).  Dr. 
Hanson  Catlett  had  issue : 

(a)  Albert  Gallatin,  his  only  son,  named  for  the  great  states¬ 
man,  who  was  a  close  personal  friend  of  Dr.  Catlett,  was 
born  at  Old  Fort  Belle  Fountain,  Mo.,  Kov.  26,  1818, 
mar.  Oct.  29,  1835,  at  Wellsville,  Ohio,  Catherine  Ann 
Aten.  He  was  in  wholesale  grocery  business  in  Pitts¬ 
burg,  Pa.,  and  afterwards  in  same  business  in  Wells¬ 
ville,  Ohio,  where  he  died  March  14,  1848.  Issue: 

I.  Hanson  Henry,  b.  April  16,  1839,  at  Kew  Troy, 
Pa.,  and  now  lives  at  Wellsville,  Ohio,  mar.,  1887,  Eachel 
Marker,  d.  1914.  Ko  issue. 

II.  Jno  Chadwick,*  b.  May  30,  1841,  in  Wellsville,, 
mar.,  Jan.  22,  1873,  Frances  Abbey,  dau.  of  Capt.  Wm. 
Abbey,  of  Glastenbury,  Conn.  Issue:  (a)  Albert  Wil¬ 
liam,  b.  Jan.  21,  1874,  at  Wellsville,  Ohio,  mar.  in  Pitts¬ 
burg,  Pa.,  1903,  Margaret  Ann  McDonalcl;  issue:  Emily 
Frances,  b.  Aug.  17,  1904;  Roberta  Lindsey,  b.  Nov. 
5,  1910,  d.  Feb.  13,  1914,-  and  John  Lindsey,  b.  Dec.  31, 

*  John  Chadwick  married  a  daughter  of  Col.  Shortridge,  sister  to  the  mother  of  Geo. 
Shortridge  Hampton,  who  married  ,\nn  Catlett  Hepburn. 


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1915;  (b)  Fred  Wayne,  b.  Feb.  10,  1882,  mar.  FloreTioe 
Chase,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  is  .an  attorney  at  law 
and  professor  in  Washington  University,  Seattle,  M  ash., 
and  has  two  children:  Dorothea  Lncille,  b.  iMay  12, 
1910,  and  Fred  Wayne,  b.  Jan.,  1914. 

III.  Catherine  Virginia,  b.  Sept.  23,  1846,  d.  Aug, 
15,  1857,  in  Wellsville,  Ohio. 

(b)  Ann  Fairfax  mar.  (I)  Dr.  James  S.  Hepburn,  surgeon 
U.  S.  x\rmy,  and  died  1833  in  Xew  Orleans,  La.,  where 
he  went '  to  aid  in  the  suppression  of  the  cholera  epi¬ 
demic.  Issue,  several  children,  of  whom  only  two  reached 
maturity,  viz : 

I.  Frances,  h.  1822',  d.  1914,  in  Washington.  D.  C. 
She  was  a  woman  of  great  intelligence,  and  her  exten¬ 
sive  acquaintance  with  public  men  gave  her  a  fund  of 
valuable  information.  She  furnished  indirectly  some  of 
the  material  of  this  branch  of  the  family. 

II.  Hon.  Wm.  Peters,  b.  Xov.  4,  1833,  in  Wellsville, 
Ohio,  moved  to  Iowa  with  his  mother  and  ste]>father 
in  1841,  and  died  at  Clarinda,  Iowa,  Feb.  7,  1916.  He 
was  a  lawyer  of  eminence,  a  soldier  of  distinction,  being 
captain,  major  and  lieutenant  colonel  of  the  Second 
Iowa  Cavalry  in  the  Civil  War;  member  of  Congress 
from  Iowa  in  47th,  48th,  49th,  53rd,  54th,  SGth,  57th 
and  58th  Congresses  as  a  Eepnhlican.  Col.  Peters  mar, 
IMelvina  A.  Morseman,  Oct.  7,  1855,  and  had  issue  four 
children:  (a)  Edith,  mar.  W.  F.  Thnmmill;  (b)  Frank, 
died  and  buried  in  Clarinda,  Iowa;  (c)  IMargaret,  mar. 
E.  H.  Chamberlain  and  has  Hepburn,  of  Bayonne,  X.  J. ; 

(d)  Capt.  Chas.  B.  Hepburn,  mar. - ,  and 

has  a  son,  Hal,  of  Oakland,  Cal. 

Since  the  above  was  written  Col.  Hepburn  has  died,  Feb.  7,  1916, 
at  his  home  in  Clarinda,  Iowa,  and  the  Journal,  of  that  city,  has  a 
lengthy  tribnte  to  his  memory.  The  church,  the  bar  and  the  Masons 
aided  his  fellow-citizens  in  paying  merited  tribute  at  his  large 
funeral  exercises.  His  career  was  intimately  connected  with  public 
service  in  the  State  and  United  States.  He  was  the  author  of  many 
public  acts,  which  bear  his  name,  passed  by  Congress.  Ex-President 
Eoosevelt  has  said  the  first  session  of  the  59th  Congress  would  ever 
be  memorable  l)ecause  of  the  constructive  legislation,  and  named 
five  acts  that  gave  it  renown.  Four  of  these  acts  came  from  the 
committees  over  which  Col.  Hepburn  presided  and  three  of  these 
four  hills  he  introduced. 

After  the  death  of  Dr.  Hepburn  his  wife,  Ann  Fairfax  Catlett, 
mar.  (II)  Geo.  Shortridge  Hampton,  son  of  IVni.  Hampton  and  his. 
wife,  Dlalinda  Shortridge,  of  Kentncky,  h.  1806,  d.  1876.  They 


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moved  to  Iowa  in  1841.  He  was  a  lawyer,  and  during  the  Civil  War 
served  with  distinction  on  the  staff  of  Gen.  Eosecrans. 

“Col.  Geo.  Shortridge,  his  maternal  grandfather,  was  a  brave 
officer  of  the  Eevolution  and  settled  in  Kentncky,  three  miles  above 
Catlettsburg.  The  Shortridge  family  impressed  their  mental  and 
physical  vigor  upon  their  descendants,  and  the  Hamptons  got  much 
of  their  dash  and  energy  from  the  Shortridge  house.”  (Ely’s  History 
of  Big  Sandy  Eiver.) 

Issue  by  the  Hampton  marriage : 

(c)  George,  Jr.,  d.  1911,  mar. - - ,  and 

liad  Frank,  mar. - ,  and  live  at  Pullman, 

HI.;  Alex,  mar.  - ^ - ,  1913,  and  live  at  Pull¬ 

man,  Ill. ;  Mary,  mar.  Mr.  Drown,  of  Boston,  and  has 
two  daughters. 

(d)  Columbus. 

(e)  Catherine. 

(2)  Alexander,  Jr.,  mar.,  Aug.  26,  1813,  his  cousin,  Patsy  D.,  b. 
1792,  d.  1871,  dau.  of  Jno.  (b.  1749)  and  Allie  T.  King  Cat- 

■  left  (b.  1755).  He  lived  for  a  time  at  Catlettsburg,  Ivy.,  where 
he  kept  a  tavern  in  1809  and  was  elected  J.  P.  in  same  year. 
He  returned  to  Frederick  Co.,  Va.,  to  attend  to  the  properties 
of  his  many  relatives,  and  d.  s.  p. 

(3)  Horatio  Gates,  d.  1847  at  Catlettsburg,  Ky.,  mar.,  Dec.  22, 
1809,  by  Eev.  Wm.  Hill,  his  cousin  Molly  Ann,  b.  Jan.  2,  1784, 
dau.  of  Henry  and  Miriam  (Calmes)  Catlett,  of  White  Post, 
Frederick  Co.,  Va.  Horatio  once  owned  everything  at  Catletts¬ 
burg,  Ky.,  but  sold  out  and  moved  to  St.  Joe,  Mo.,  and  died 
at  Catlettsburg,  Ky.,  on  a  visit  to  it  in  1847,  and  is  buried 
there  beside  his  father  and  other  members  of  the  family. 
Horatio  had  issue : 

(a)  Miriam  Calmes,  mar.  Thos.  H.  Frame,  of  Staunton, 
Va.  Issue 

(I)  Fannie  Catlett,  b.  1840  in  Catlettsburg,  Ky., 
mar.,  1861,  Jno.  Kenny  Cravens,  b.  1838,  d.  1892,  a 
distinguished  lawyer  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  had 
Horace,  b.  1862,  d.  1864;  James  Harrison,  b.  1865,  a 
graduate  of  Williams  College,  Mass.,  1887,  and  after  a 
year  spent  abroad  graduated  at  Columbia  College,  N.  Y., 
mar.  Lorena  Searcy  and  lives  in  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Issue:  Jno.  Kenney,  b.  1902,  d.  1911;  Virginia,  d.  at 
birth,  1912;  Elizabeth,  b.  1915;  Lanier,  b.  1869,  mar. 
Agnes  Maud  Hughes,  born  in  Ireland.  They  live  in 
Toronto,  Canada  and  have  Francis  Fairfax  Cravens, 
b.  1905.  John  Smith,  b.  1871,  mar.  Mildred  May 
Myers;  no  issue.  He  is  a  banker  in  Pasadena,  Cal. 


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Francis  Catlett,  b.  1878,  mar.  Frances  Page  Carter 
and  have  issne:  liliriam  Calmes,  b.  1913.  They  live  in 
Kansas  City,  IMo. 

(II)  Sarah,  b.  1842,  mar.  James  P.  Caldwell,  of 
Larimie,  Wyo.,  and  had  issne:  Miriam,  unmarried; 
Jane,  unmarried;  James  mar.  and  lives  in  Denver,  Col. 

III.  James  mar. - and  has  two  daugh¬ 

ters. 

IV.  Son  ;  no  issue. 

Y.  Son  ;  no  is.sue. 

VI.  Son ;  no  issue. 

l\Irs.  Fannie  Catlett  Cravens  is  still  living  in  Kansas 
City  and  she  and  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Carter,  have  kindly 
furnished  much  information  relative  to  their  branch  of 
the  Catlett  family. 

(b)  Hanson,  died  in  California.  There  is  a  Hanson  George 
Catlett  given  as  captain  and  assistant  quartermaster  in 
IMexican  War,  1847-8,  by  Hcitman,  but  Mrs.  Cravens 
says  this  Hanson  lived  at  home  in  Missouri  until  he 
went  to  California  in  tlie  gold  fever  of  1849,  where  he 
died  unmarried. 

(c)  Susan  Frances,  b.  1819,  d.  1899,  never  married,  made 
her  home  with  her  niece,  Mrs.  Cravens,  in  Kansas  City, 
iMo.,  who  speaks  of  her  as  “truly  a  saintly,  much-ad¬ 
mired  woman.” 

(d)  Henry,  died  in  Virginia,  whither  he  went  late  in  life 
to  take  care  of  his  aunts.  Kever  married. 

(4)  Charles  Jefferson.  The  Norfolk  Gazette  and  Public  Ledger 
of  May  7,  1806,  has  the  following: 

“Catlett-Fairfax. — Alexandria,  May  2nd,  married  at  Wood- 
ville,  by  Pev.  Dr.  i\Iuir,  Charles  Jefferson  Catlett,  Esq.,  mer¬ 
chant  of  Xorfolk,  to  Miss  Ann  Fairfax,  daughter  of  the  late 
Lord  Fairfax,  of  ‘Mount  Eagle,’  Fairfax  county.”  (Va.  Hist. 
j\Iag.,  IX,  p.  207.) 

This  was  Pev.  Bryan  Fairfax,  son  of  Geo.  Win.  Fairfax,  of 
“Belvoir,”  whose  sister  married  Lawrence  Washington,  and 
father  of  Ferdinand  and  of  Thomas,  who  inherited  the  empty 
title  of  Lord  Fairfax.  Issue : 

(a)  Louise  Fairfax,  mar. - ,  and  has  descend¬ 

ants  living  near  Washington,  D.  C. 

(b)  Erskine,  died  in  Egypt,  unmarried. 

(c)  Eairfax,  living  in  Xew  Orleans,  La.,  in  1830,  when  he 
patented  large  qualities  of  land  in  Texas  through  the 
Texas  Land  Office,  then  located  in  Xew  Orleans,  La. 
Tlie  deeds  for  these  lands  are  on  record  in  this  city,  and 
land  agents  and  lawyers  have  sought  in  vain  for  his  heirs. 


Descendants  of  Cot.  John  Catlett. 


G4: 


He  moved  to  Austin,  Texas,  where  lie  was  living  in  1836. 
'Phe  above  facts  are  all  that  is  known  of  him. 

(5)  Crandison  is  given  bv  IMrs.  Fannie  Catlett  Cravens,  of  Kansas 
City,  i\[o..  as  one  of  the  brothers  of  her  grandfather,  Horatio, 
amt  iMr.  Craiidison  Catlett,  of  Buckton,  "\’a.,  writes  that  he 
was  named  for  him  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Alexander  Catlett, 
Jr.,  brother  of  Crandison,  who  married  his  aunt,  Patsy  D.  Cat¬ 
lett,  daughter  of  John  and  Allie  T.  (King)  Catlett.  “He  died 
when  1  was  very  young  and  1  know  nothing  of  him.”  It  is 
believed  he  died  unmarried. 

(6)  Kancy,  mentioned  in  Bro.  James’  will,  mar.  — ■ —  Bailey  and 
d.  in  Ohio  s.  p. 

(8)  Thomas,  mar.,  Jan.  26.  1808,  by  Eev.  Win.  Hill,  Polly  Payles, 

as  recorded  in  Frederick  County  Pecords,  is  believed  to  be  a 
son  of  Alex  and  Susannah  Catlett.  All  the  sons  of  the  other 
available  Catletts  at  this  time  have  been  fully  accounted  for. 
There  is  a  John  Catlett,  who  went  early  in  life  to  Jessamine 
Co.,  Ky.  (perhaps  attracted  thither  by  his  uncle  James,  who 
had  previously  moved  there),  and  is  the  ancestor  of  a  large 
progeny  in  Kentucky  and  elsewhere,  who  may  be  a  son  of  this 
couple.  (See  page  - .)  There  may  also  be  other  descend¬ 

ants  ;  if,  so,  they  moved  away  early  in  life  from  Frederick  Co., 
Ya.,  since  these  records  give  no  further  mention  of  either 
Thomas  or  his  possible  children. 

(9)  Elisha  is  given  by  the  Hon.  Brice  W.  Catlett  as  the  father  of 

his  grandfather,  Alexander  Catlett,  and  Mrs.  Fannie  Catlett 
Cravens,  of  Kentucky,  says  that  her  grandfather  had  a  brother 
by  the  name  of  Elisha  that  lived  and  died  in  Virginia  ;  there¬ 
fore  Elisha  and  his  descendants  are  placed  here.  A  further 
corroboration  is  the  fact  that  Mr.  Bailey  Catlett  named  his 
first  son  Elisha.  Elisha  mar. - ,  and  had ; 

Alexander,  mar.  Mrs.  Williams,  perhaps  nee  Bailey, 
with  children,  some  of  whom  afterwards  lived  in  Sedalia, 
Mo.,  and  had  issue : 

(1)  Bailey,  mar.  Elizabeth  Huff,  of  Hampshire  Co., 
Ya.  He  went  West  before  the  Civil  War.  leaving  his 
family  in  West  Virginia.  Issue:  (a)  Elisha,  mar.  (I) 

— —  Hardy,  mar.  (II) - ;  (b)  Harrison, 

mar.  (I)  Lona - ,  (mar.  (II)  Mrs.  Burke,  widow 

of  Geo.  Burke,  a  prominent  lawyer;  (c)  Amanda;  (d) 
Mary  C.,  mar..  May  18,  1858,  first  wife,  Daniel  Mor¬ 
gan,  b.  1831,  son  of  George  Catlett  and  his  udfe  Clarissa 
Lentz  (See  Dan’l  M.  Catlett  for  issue)  ;  (e)  Silvia, 
mar.  Jacob  Noland ;  (f )  Arilda  mar.  P.  Noland,  of  Davis, 
of  W.  Ya.;  (g)  Sarah,  mar.  Joshua  Pownall,  of  Hamp¬ 
shire  Co.;  (h)  Nannie,  mar.  Gen.  Stotler;  (i)  Ida,  mar. 
L.  Benj.  Kidwell,  of  Great  Cacopon,  W.  Ya. 


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^liss  Tillie  Compton,  a  granddaughter  of  B.  and  E. 
Catlett,  above,  was  a  recent  graduate  of  University  of 
W.  Va.  at  ^forgantown. 

(2)  Rachel,  d.  y. 

(3)  IMary,  mar.  John  Scource  and  moved  West  be¬ 

fore  1861  and  had  two  daughters :  (a)  Mary,  mar.  (I) 
-  Manson,  mar.  (II)  Col.  Bacon,  a  prominent  law¬ 
yer  of  Michigan,  no  issue;  (b)  Minerva,  mar.  - 

Clay,  of  Ky.,  a  near  relative  of  Cassius  ]\I.  Clay;  no 
issue. 

(4)  William  Gassaway,  of  Berkeley  Springs,  at  Bath, 
IMorgan  Co.,  Ya.  (now  W.  Ya.),  mar.,  1852,  Ann  Maria, 
dan.  of  Rev.  Curtis  Williams,  of  Frederick  Co.,  Md. 
She  was  related  to  the  Brices,  Worthingtons,  Ridgeleys, 
Simpsons,  Clemsons  and  Warfields,  of  Maryland.  Issue: 

I.  Hon.  Brice  Worthington,  b.  1853,  educated  at 
^lilitary  Academy  of  Winchester,  Ya.  He  was  J.  P., 
State  Senator  of  W.  Ya.  in  1894,  and  has  filled  many 
important  offices  of  trust.  He  has  been  a  conspicuous 
citizen  in  everv  community  in  which  he  lived,  and  now 
resides  at  Upperville,  Ya.  He  mar..  May  18,  1875, 
Frances  Smith  Bowler,  and  has:  (a)  Gray,  d.  1877; 
(b)  William  Brice,  a  newspaper  man  of  repute;  (c) 
Charles  Yictor,  of  Fort  IVorth,  Texas;  (d)  Oliver  War¬ 
ren,  a  merchant  of  Upperville,  mar.  R.  Pearl  Lake  and 
has  Yirginia  Gray,  b.  1914;  (e)  Lucas  IVilson,  living 
in  L'pperville,  Ya. ;  (f)  James  Garland  Hurst,  a  student 
in  the  LTniversiH  in  1915,  Washington,  D.  C. 

IT.  Curtis  Morgan,  d.  y. 

III.  Addie  Louise,  d.  y. 

lY.  William  Gassaway,  Jr.,  of  Berkeley  Springs, 

IV.  Ya.,  mar.  ( I ) - Kernan,  a  lady  of  great  talent  and 

a  poetess  of  Xebraska,  who  died  soon  after  marriage;  no 

issue;  mar.  (II)  - Garland,  of  Penn.,  and  has  issue: 

(a)  Wm.  Gassaway,  III,  b.  1903;  (b)  Mary  Bryan;  (c) 
a  daughter. 

(10)  James.  For  several  years  Mrs.  Gross  R.  Scruggs,  of  Dallas, 
Texas,  has  sought  energetically  to  locate  her  ancestors,  James 
Catlett  and  wife,  Mary  Yates.  This  couple  left  only  two 
daughters,  one  of  whom,  Catherine,  married  Thos.  Butler,  and 
the  other,  Evelina,  married  Edward  Mason,  Jr.  Her  persistent 
efforts  finally  located  them  in  Jessamine  Co.,  Ky.,  where  she 
obtained  the  following  will,  which  is  given  as  copied  by  the 
present  clerk  of  the  court.  This  will,  dated  Xov.  1,  1820,  prob. 
December  court,  1820,  makes  James,  the  son  of  Alexander  and 
Susannah  Catlett,  since  two  of  the  brothers  mentioned, 
Hanson  and  Alexander,  Jr.,  are  known  to  be  the  sons  of  this 


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couple.  Of  William  we  have  uo  data,  nor  of  his  sister,  iSTancy 
Bailey,  who  receives  only  a  life  interest  in  the  lands  given  her, 
hence  the  presumption  that  she  had  no  children.  The  follow¬ 
ing  is  the  will : 

Will  of  James  Catlett,  of  Jessamine  County,  Ky. 

‘‘Be  it  remembered  that  I,  James  Cotlet,  of  Jessamine  County 
and  State  of  Kentucky,  being  in  a  low  state  of  health,  but  Sound 
of  mind  and  desposing  memory  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last 
will  and  testament,  To-wit; — I  hereby  give  and  bequeath  to  my 
beloved  wife,  Mary  Yates  Cotlet  during  her  natural  life  the  planta¬ 
tion  whereon  I  live,  with  all  its  appurtenances,  also  the  Slaves, 
Pinto  and  Sukey  and  Obediah.  I  ivill  to  her,  my  said  wife,  during 
her  natural  life  it  they  can  be  so  long  held  under  the  claim  by 
which  I  hold  them,  I  order,  that  my  Executors  shall  not  commence 
any  suit  on  a  note  for  one  hundred  and  eighty-tivo  dollars  bearing 
date  8th  day  of  April  1819  against  Wiilliam  Walker  and  George 
Walker.  So  long  as  my  said  wife  will  keep  peaceable  possession  of 
the  above  named  Sukey  and  her  children  under  the  sale  of  W. 
"Walker  and  L.  Singleton  to  me.  I  order  and  it  is  my  will  that  at 
the  death  of  my  wife  that  the  plantation  on  which  I  live  be  ecjually 
divided  between  my  two  Grandsons  James  Bulter  and  John  Butler, 
so  to  be  divided  between  them  that  each  part  may  be  of  equal  value, 
to  remain  to  them  and  their  heirs  forever.  I  order  and  it  is  my 
wi  11  that  my  lands  in  the  State  of  Ohio  be  divided  as  f olloweth  to 
begin  at  the  Beginning  corner  of  my  1000  acre  Survey  at  a  White 
Oak  Sugar  tree  and  Cherry  tree,  the  beech  marked  K.  D.  D.  Me.  St. 
in  a  bottom  about  three  miles  westerly  from  Isaac  Tanes  present 
improvement  and  one  and  one  half  mile  up  a  branch  that  heads 
Kortheastwardly  from  an  old  Indian  Town  and  about  eighteen 
poles  ivest  of  said  branch  running  to  said  branch  and  with  said 
branch  to  Dickerson’s  line,  if  the  branch  should  intersect,  said 
intersect  said  Dickerson’s  line,  if  it  should  not,  then  with  said 
branch  to  the  longest  line  of  said  Survey,  which  line  will  divide  the 
said  Survey  into  two  unequal  parts,  the  smaller  of  which  I  hereby 
demise  to  my  daughter,  Catherine  Butler,  and  Thomas  Butler  her 
husband,  to  them  and  their  heirs  forever,  the  greater  part  of  said 
Survey  with  all  my  other  lands  in  the  State  of  Ohio,  I  demise  to 
my  daughter  Evelina  Mason  and  Edward  Jr.  her  husband,  to  them 
and  their  heirs  forever.  I  except  in  the  demise  made  to  my  daugh¬ 
ter,  Evelina,  and  her  husband  one  hundred  acres  of  land  and  and  of 
my  500  acre  Survey  in  the  State  of  Ohio,  for  Nancy  Bailey,  my 
sister,  which  is  to  be  laid  off  to  include  the  improvements  on  wliich 
she  lives,  which  hundred  acres  I  give  to  the  said  Nancy  during  her 
natural  life  only,  then  to  go  to  the  said  Evelina  and  her  husband  as 
above  stated.  To  my  brother  Hanson  Cotlet  I  give  the  sum  of  two 
hundred  dollars.  To  William  Cotlet  my  brother  I  also  give  two 


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hundrecl  dollars.  To  Alexander  Cotlet,  dr.,  another  brother,  I  also 
give  two  hundred  dollars.  To  my  mother-in-law  Elizabeth  Yates 
I  also  give  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars.  For  the  raising  of  the 
foregoing  legacies  to  my  brothers  and  mother-in-law  I  hereby  ap¬ 
propriate  the  notes  in  the  hands  of  William  Butler  and  two  notes 
on  Jno.  Miller  both  in  the  State  of  Virginia  to  the  amount  of 
$384.54  cents  and  the  balance  of  $315.56  cents  1  order  to  he  raised 
out  of  notes  on  men  in  Kentucky.  I  order  that  my  Grandson,  James 
Butler  have  a  pair  of  gold  sleeve  buttons,  to  be  worn  by  him  in 
remembrance  of  me,  To  my  wife,  Mary  I  give  my  watch  to  be  kept 
by  her  in  remembrance  of  me.  I  have  two  bonds  on  Vincent  IMoore 
of  Virginia  for  a  thousand  dollars  (principal)  each,  the  first  of 
these  1  give  to  my  wife  ^lary,  the  others  1  give  to  my  son-in-law 
Thomas  Butler.  To  Evelina  Mason  I  give  two  hundred  dollars 
and  her  daughters  ^lary  and  Catherine  one  hundred  dollars  each, 
these  last  three  gifts  are  to  be  made  out  of  my  notes  on  men  in  the 
State  of  Ohio.  To  my  daughter,  Catherine  Butler  1  give  two  hun¬ 
dred  dollars  and  to  her  four  children,  James,  John,  William  and 
Evelina,  1  give  one  hundred  dollars  each  to  be  paid  out  of  my  notes 
on  men  in  Kentucky.  T  order  and  it  is  my  will  that  my  wife  Mary 
keep  the  household  and  kitchen  furniture,  four  choice  cows  and  two 
of  her  choice  out  of  my  horses,  with  as  many  of  the  hogs  and  sheep 
as  she  rvants,  and  as  much  of  the  crop  as  will  be  sufficient  for  her 
and  the  stock  which  she  keeps  one  year.  Also  one  plow,  axe  and 
hoe  and  two  pair  gear  and  wagon.  At  the  tleath  of  my  wife,  the 
negroes  or  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  contract  under  which  I 
hold  them  is  to  he  equally  divided  between  my  two  daughters  Cath¬ 
erine  Butler  and  Evelina  ^lason.  Any  Estate  which  I  may  have 
which  has  not  been  herein  before  appropriated  I  order  to  be  equally 
divided  between  the  said  Catherine  and  Evelina,  I  hereby  appoint 
my  wife,  Mary  Yates  Cotlet,  Executrix  and  Jno.  Perry,  Executor 
of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  hereby  revoking  all  former  wills. 

“^Tn  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the 
1st  dav  of  Xovember  1820.  Javies  Cotlet. 

“Test. 

“Steward  Dillon. 

“John  M.  Poff.” 

“State  of  Kentucky, 

“Jessamine  County  Set.  December  Court  1820. 

“The  foregoing  will  of  James  Cotlet  Deed,  was  jiroduced  in  Court 
and  proved  by  the  oathes  of  Steward  Dillon  and  John  IM.  Ruff. 
Subscribing  witnesses  thereto  to  he  the  last  will  and  testament’  of 
James  Cotlet,  deed,  which  was  therefore  ordered  by  the  Court  to  be 
recorded,  wherefore  Mary  Y.  Cotlet,  Executrix  and  John  Perry, 
Executor,  therein  named  took  the  oath  prescribed  by  law  and  ex¬ 
ecuted  bond  with  Thomas  Butler  and  Joseph  Wallace  their  sureties 


08 


DcKceiuJaitftt  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


iu  the  penalty  of  Ten  Thonsancl  Dollars  eonditioned  according  to 
la\v  and  certificate  of  probate  was  granted  said  Ex’ors.  in  dne  form. 

“Test.  Dan’?  B.  Brice,  Clerk. 

Copy 

“Attest.  E.  S.  Perry,  Clerk, 

“Jessamine  Comity  Court.” 

Elizabeth  Yates  Catlett,  after  the  death  of  James  Catlett,  mar. 

(II)  - Dillon,  and  died  in  1839. 

James  and  Mary  Yates  Catlett  moved  to  Jessamine  Co.,  Ivy., 
in  1817,  evidently  from  Virginia,  as  is  shown  by  the  debts  dne  him 
in  that  State.  His  son-in-law,  Thos.  Butler,  and  his  wife,  Catherine, 
followed  him  in  1819.  This  Thomas  had  a  brother,  William  Butler, 
of  Jefferson  Co.,  Va.,  mentioned  in  the  will  above.  This  William 

married - Morse  and  had  Haney  Morse,  Vincent  Morse,  Charles 

Thomas  and  Matilda.  James  Catlett  bought  his  first  tract  of  lands 
in  Jessamine  Co.,  Ky.,  Jan.  17,  1818,  and  Thos.  Butler  made  his 
first  purchase  of  land  in  that  county  Sept.  19,  1831.  The  Butlers 
were  originally  from  Westmoreland  Co.,  Va.  James  and  Mary 
Yates  Catlett  had  issue: 

(a)  Evelina,  mar.  Edward  Mason,  Jr.,  and  lived  in  Clarksburg,  W. 
Va.  They  had,  as  far  as  known,  Catherine  and  Mary,  men¬ 
tioned  in  the  will  above. 

(b)  Catherine,  d.  in  1834,  mar.  Thos.  Butler,  will  May  8,  1834; 
executors,  sons,  James  and  John  and  Thos.  Elliott  West.  Issue: 

I.  James  Catlett,  b.  1810,  living  in  Fayette  Co.,  Ky.,  where 
he  sold  to  his  bro.  John  his  interest  in  his  mother’s  estate,  mar. 
Lula  and  had  a  son,  d.  y. 

II.  John,  b.  1812,  of  Jessamine  Co.,  Ky.,  mar.,  Feb.  26, 
1834,  Mary  Ann  Thomas  Settle,  b.  July  17,  1817,  dau.  of  Thos. 
and  Priscilla  Settle,  and  had :  Thos.,  mar.  Phoebe  Wynne ; 
Evelina,  mar.  Capt.  Aikin;  Mary,  mar.  Capt.  Harris;  Lulie; 
Katherine,  mar.  Luther  Spears  and  had  Lutie,  mar.  Alex  M. 
Savage,  of  New  Orleans;  John,  mar.  and  has  three  children; 
]\rargaret,  b.  1842,  mar.  Eobt.  Stuart  Price,  son  of  Daniel 
Branch  Price,  and  his  wife,  Mary,  dau.  of  Eev.  Eobt.  Stuart 
and  his  wife  Hannah,  dau.  of  Gen’l  Levi  Todd,  and  had  Eobt. 
Lee,  mar.,  in  1900,  Susie  Coffey,  of  Dallas,  Texas,  and  has 
Marian;  Marian,  mar.  Nov.  18,  1890,  Gross  Eobt.  Scruggs, 
and  has  Margaret,  b.  1892,  mar.,  1911,  Eaymond  P.  Caruth 
and  has  Walter,  b.  1914;  Stuart  Briscoe,  a  student  (1916)  in 
Lehigh  University. 


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DESCENDANTS  OF  JAMES^  (WM.,^  DAVIDr  NICH- 

OLASO  AND  WIFE.  JANE  - ,  OF 

OF  FREDERICK  CO.,  VA.  WILL  1797. 

(1)  cl.  1816,  called  in  tax  books  of  “Blue  Bidge”  and 

“Manassas  Gap.”  Will,  dated,  IMarch,  1814,  prob.  Ai;g.  4,  1818, 
mentions  wife  Bacbel,  sons  Bobt.  and  Peter,  dau.  AVinnifred 
Green,  and  grandson  John  Gatlett  Green.  He  was  “recom¬ 
mended  and  cpialitied”  for  lieutenant  in  Virginia  forces  b}' 
count}'  court  of  Frederick,  Aug.  4,  1779  (McAllister’s  Vir- 
ginki  Militia)  .  He  married,  Jan.  22,  1777,  Bacbel  Bosett, 
according  to  Fauciuier  Becords,  as  interpreted  by  the  clerk, 
but  the  prevalence  of  a  prominent  family  at  this  time  in  this 
county  by  the  name  of  Bosell  suggests  that  her  name  may  have 
been  Bacbel  “Bosell.”  She  is  assessed  as  the  widow  of  John 
of  Blue  Bidge  on  100  acres  of  land  in  IManassas  Gap  as  late 
as  1824.  He  seems  to  have  named  his  two  sons  after  his  two 
brothers,  who  died  early  in  life.  Issue: 

(a)  Bobert,®  who  administered  his  estate  and  mar.  Ann 
Clayton  Tutt,  dau.  of  Ben.  and  Elizabeth  Pendleton 
Tutt.  Eliza  was  dau.  of  Nath,  and  Elizabeth  (Clayton) 
Pendleton.  Nath,  was  son  of  Henry  and  iMary  (Taylor) 
Pendleton,  and  Henry  was  son  of  the  immigrant,  Philip, 
b.  1650,  mar.  1682,  Isabella  Hart,  d.  1721.  (For  issue, 
see  below.) 

(b)  Peter,®  mar.  Polly  Green,  dau.  of  James  and  Elizabeth 
(Jones)  Green,  and  d.  s.  p. 

(c)  Winnifred,®  mar.  John  Green,  bro.  of  Polly  above,  and 
moved  to  Henderson  Co.,  Ky.,  and  had,  among  others, 
Jno.  Catlett  Green,  mentioned  in  will  above,  mar.  Laura 
Ellen  Buggies  (no  issue),  and  Hector  Green,  mar.  also 
Laura  Ellen  Buggies,  widow  of  his  brother  John  C., 
and  had  Charles  Catlett,  David  Simmons  and  John 
Mhlliams.  Of  these,  Chas.  Catlett  mar.  Margaret  Bell 
and  has  two  sons ;  David  Simmons  mar.  Fannie  Gunter 
and  has  Lilian,  wife  of  Clarence  David  Simpson,  of 
St.  Louis,  iMo. ;  John  Williams,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  mar. 
Annie  Amis  and  has  an  only  daughter,  a  graduate  of 
Vassal’  College,  1906. 

]\Irs.  Green,  through  the  Taylors,  of  Orange,  is  a  descend¬ 
ant  of  Margaret  Catlett,  daughter  of  Col.  Jno.  and  Elizabeth 
(Gaines)  Catlett,  whom  the  historian  of  tlie  family.  Win.  Fitz- 
hugh  Catlett  (elsewhere  given),  marries  to  “John”  Gibson, 
while  some  of  her  descendants  claim  it  was  “Jonathan”  Gibson. 


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Descendants  of  Cot.  John  Catlett. 


(2)  James,  Jr.,  so  called  in  his  father’s  will,  may  have  served  in 
the  Revohition,  as  a  James  Catlett  was  a  member  of  the  2nd 
Va.  Regt.,  in  1777,  in  Capt.  Jno.  Willis’  company.  Col.  Alex¬ 
ander  Spotswood,  colonel  commanding  (War  Records).  He 
qualifies  in  1798  on  his  father’s  estate  and  continues  a  tax¬ 
payer  in  Frederick  Co.  until  1806,  when  his  lands  are  assessed 
to  “James’  heirs.”  It  is  thought  that  he  left  no  issue. 

(3)  Elizabeth  mar.  Nathaniel  McPherson  and  had  at  least  one  son, 
Charles,  mentioned  in  his  father’s  will  (1797). 

(4)  Peter,  Jr.,  will  recorded  June  1,  1779,  mar.  Polly  Bell  and 
had  a  daughter,  Edith,  mentioned  in  the  wills  of  her  father  and 
grandfather,  and  also  sells  her  interest  in  lands  left  by  her 
grandfather  in  Jefferson  Co.,  Ky.  Nothing  further  is  known. 

(5)  Jane,  mentioned  in  her  father’s  will,  mar.  Henry  Gosney,  dead 
before  1800,  as  in  that  year  she  sells  lands  left  by  her  father  in 
Jefferson  Co.,  Ky.,  and  signs  herself  as  widow  of  Henry  Gosney. 

(6)  Chas..  mar.  Catherine - .  In  1804  he  sold  lands  in  Jeffer¬ 

son  Co.,  Ky.,  and  signs  from  Frederick  Co.,  A^a.  In  1809 
occurs  the  last  assessment  of  lands  to  him  in  Frederick  Co., 
A^a.  He  was  recommended  as  “ensign”  in  1783  by  county 
court  of  Frederick  Co.  (Abstracts  of  Records  of  Augusta  Co.). 
He  is  believed  to  have  been  the  father  of  Ambrose  Catlett,  who 
mar.  Lucy  Lewis  Ashby,  dau.  of  Lewis  and  Leana  (Buckner) 
Ashb}',  of  Fredei’ick  Co.,  Am.,  will  prob.  Sept.  1,  1806.  lit 
1829  Lewis  Ashby  Catlett  and  wife  Eliza  Ann;  Alildred 
Catlett,  the  wife  of  Alandy  Oliver,  and  Alfred  Ashby  Catlett, 
all  of  Frederick  Co.,  A^a.,  sell  to  their  uncle,  Buckner  Ashby, 
all  of  their  right  to  their  deceased  mother’s,  Lucy  L.  Ashby,  as 
one  of  the  heirs  of  Lewis  Ashby,  in  lands  in  Jefferson  Co.  Ky. 
(Book  D  B,  Jefferson  Co.  Records,  page  242.) 

We  have  no  information  of  the  descendants  of  any  of  the 
above. 

(7)  Robert,  d.  1783,  unmarried,  in  Jefferson  Co.,  Ky.,  and  in  an 
olographic  will  leaves  all  of  his  property  to  his  brother  Charles. 

Descendants  of  Robert  Catlett  and  Ann  Tutt. 

(1)  Elizabeth  Pendleton,  d.  unmarried  in  Staunton,  Va. 

(2)  Nathaniel  Pendleton,  b.  1840,  mar.  Bettie  Breckinridge  and 
had  issue.  In  the  Annals  of  Augusta  he  is  mentioned  as  com¬ 
missary  of  the  Regt.  of  Home  Guards  in  1863  and  cashier  of 
Augusta  National  Bank  in  1876.  Issue: 

(a)  Alaria  Breckinridege,  b.  1860,  mar.,  Oct.  17,  1883,  Hon. 
Armistead  Churchill  Gordon,  LL.D.,  a  distinguished 
lawyer,  author  and  statesman  of  Staunton,  A"a.  He  is 
rector  of  board  of  visitors  of  the  University  of  A^irginia. 
Their  children  are :  Margaret  Douglass,  Alary  Daniel, 
James  Lindsay,  Armistead  Churchill,  Jr.,  George  Loyall. 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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(b)  Nathaniel  Peiiclleton  (d),  of  Montgomery,  Ala.,  mar. 
Eunice  I).  Grigsby  (cl.),  of  Tenn.,  and  had  isstie,  Na¬ 
thaniel  Pendleton. 

(c)  John  Breckinridge,  physician,  mar.  Lizzie  Garth,  eldest 
dan.  of  Capt.  H.  Clay  Michie,  of  the  “Meadows,”  and 
his  wife,  Eunice  Sykes,  dan.  of  IT.  S.  Senator  Dr.  Frank 
and  Lizzie  (Garth)  Sykes,  of  Courtland,  Ala.  Issue; 
Clay  Michie. 

(d)  Frances  Burwell  Catlett,  who  corresponded  with  the 
author  of  this  book  in  1895,  then  with  Dr.  Goode,  in 
Washington,  D.  C.,  author  of  “Our  Virginia  Cousins.” 

(3)  Kate,  mar.  Peyton  Grymes,  of  Orange  Co.,  A"a.  Issue;  (a) 
Peyton,  Jr.,  (b)  ’\Iinor,  (c)  Eobert  Catlett,  (d)  l\Iary  Lewis, 

(e)  Fannie,  (f)  Nannie,  d.  1897 ;  (g)  Bettie  Braxton. 

(4)  Eichard  Henry,  mar.  (I)  ITary  Patton,  dan.  of  Dr.  Farley 
Patton,  IT.  S.  N.,  and  had  issue ; 

(a)  Charles,  a  distinguished  mining  engineer  and  an  author¬ 
ity  on  mineral  resources  and  developments,  of  Staun¬ 
ton,  Va.,  mar.  Elizabeth  Patton,  niece  of  Gen’l  Eppa 
Ilunton,  H.  S.  Senator,  of  Faucjuier  Co.,  Va.  This 
estimable  woman  died  Nov.  9,  1916.  Issue;  Lucy 
Ilunton,  Eichard  Henry,  Elizabeth,  d.  y;  l\Iary  Mercer. 

(b)  Eichard  Henry,  Jr.,  of  Washington,  D.  C.  This  valu¬ 
able  member  bore  the  expense  of  an  investigation  by 
Leo  Cullerton,  of  the  Catlett  family  in  England,  and 
the  results,  obtained  through  the  courtesy  of  the  Hon. 
Armistead  C.  Gordon,  of  Staunton,  Va.,  are  published 
elsewhere  in  this  pamphlet. 

Eichard  Henry,  Sr.,  mar.  (II)  Fannie  Bolling  Gay, 
a  descendant  of  Pocahontas,  and  had ; 

(c)  Margaret  Erskine,  mar.  Lawrence  W.  H.  Peyton,  of 
Staunton,  and  had  issue;  Eichard  Catlett,  John,  Law¬ 
rence. 

(d)  Fannie  Gay,  mar.  Livingston  Waddell  Smith,  of  Lex¬ 
ington,  Va.,  professor  in  Washington  and  Lee  Uni¬ 
versity,  and  has  children;  Amey  Pendleton,  Elizabeth. 

(5)  John  E.,  mar.  (I)  Margaret  Swann,  of  Petersburg,  Va.  Issue; 
(a)  Nannie,  died  unmarried;  (mar.  (II)  Selina  Henry,  dan. 
of  Winston  Henry,  of  Charlotte  Co..  Issue;  (b)  Col.  Eobt.  of 
Lexington,  late  asst,  attv  gen’l  of  Va.,  mar.  Jennie  Daniel  (d), 
of  Charlotte  Co.,  Va.;  issue,  Lily,  Bessie  Daniel;  (c)  Winston 
Henry,  d.  y. 

(6)  Mildred,  mar.  Philip  Williams,  son  of  James,  captain  in  Con¬ 
tinental  Army  and  major  general  in  War  of  1812,  and  his  wife, 
Elizabeth  Bruce,  only  dan.  of  Charles  Bruce,  of  “Soldiers’ 


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Descendanis  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


Uest."  (See  Slaughters  St.  Mark’s,  page  155.  )  Issue:  (a) 
Bettie  Bruce,  died  unmarried;  (b)  Eobt.,  late  adjutant  gen¬ 
eral  of  Ih  S.  Arniy,  mar.  Adele,  dan.  of  James  Madison  Cutts, 
of  IVashiugton,  D.  C.,  and  widow  (2nd  wife)  of  Hon.  Stephen 
Arnold  Douglass,  of  Illinois,  U.  S.  Senator  and  candidate  in 
ISUO  for  presidency  of  U.  S.  Issue :  Eobt.,  mar.  Miss  Yoe, 
of  Chicago,  Ill.;  Ellen,  mar.,  Dec.  5,  1898,  John  Bryan  Patton, 
of  U.  S.  Arnyy;  Philip,  mar.  Miss  Harrison;  Adele;  James, 
killed  in  Philippines;  Mildred,  mar.  June  11,  1912,  Walter 
Farwell,  of  Chicago;  Anne,  (c)  George  Morton,  mar.  Ger¬ 
trude  S.  Long,  of  Baltimore,  Md.  Issue :  Elizabeth,  mar.  T. 
Clifford  Stark;  Lucy  Pendleton,  mar.  Edwin  S.  Slaughter; 
Mildred,  Ellis,  Helen,  John,  George,  Mary,  Gertrude,  Bettie, 
Pendleton,  Ann,  Luc}^  Mary. 

(7)  Mary,  mar.  Lewis  Burwell  Williams,  son  of  Wm.  Clayton 
Williams  and  his  wife.  Miss  Burwell.  He  was  the  veteran  com¬ 
monwealth’s  attorney  for  Orange  Co.  Issue:  (a) Judge  Wil¬ 
liam,  of  Orange,  mar.  Eoberta  Hansboroirgh  and  had  issue : 
Lewis,  William  Clayton,  Eichard,  d.  y. ;  Bessie  and  Saul;  (h) 
Jno.  G.,  of  Orange  Co.,  mar.  Kate  Willis,  of  Orange,  and  had 
issue:  Sally  Innis,  Lewis,  Kate,  Page,  John;  (c)  Lewis  Bur¬ 
well,  Col.  Ist  Ya.  Infantry,  killed  while  leading  the  charge  at 
Gettysburg;  (d)  Charles,  d.  s.  p. ;  (e)  Mildred,  mar.  E.  Sin¬ 
clair  Booten,  of  Madison  Co.,  and  had  issue :  Eichard,  Lucy 
Scott,  Sirsan  Walker,  Mary  Catlett,  Lewis  Burwell.  William, 

Georgiana,  Alice,  Kate;  (f)  Alice;  (g)  Nannie,  mar.  - 

Caldwell,  of  King  William  Co.,  and  had  issue;  (h)  Mary  Blair, 

mar. - Leigh,  of  King  William  Co.,  and  had :  Mary,  Lottie, 

Georgiana. 

Salie  Innis,  dau.  (given  above)  of  John  G.  Williams,  of 
Orange,  and  his  wife,  Kate  Willis,  mar.  Lewis  Marshall  Byrd, 
of  “Whitehall,”  Gloucester  Co.,  Va.,  and  has  two  sons,  Jno. 
Williams  and  Lewis  Innis. 


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DESCENDANTS  OF  ROBT.  AND  MARY  FLOYD 
CATLETT. 

Descendants  of  Eobert'*  (AVilliam,^  David,-  Nicholas^),  b.  1721, 
d.  Feb.  26,  1803,  mar.  ^lary  Floyd,  living  in  1816,  as  per  letter  of 
George,  her  son,  to  his  brother  Henry,  of  “White  Post,”  dated  22nd 
Sept.,  1816.  (See  letter,  page  75.)  His  estate  was  administered 
in  1804  (Fred.  Eecords). 

(1)  Eobt.,®  b.  1751,  d.  1810,  of  Fauquier  Co.,  Va.,  mar.  Elizabeth 
Farrow,  dan.  of  Nimrod  Farrow,  and  had  issue.  (See  below.) 

(2)  David,®  b.  1753,  d.  Sept.  11,  1834.  He  lived  in  Frederick  Co., 
later  moved  to  Morgan  Co.  (now  W.  Va.),  and  died  at  Coving¬ 
ton.  Ky.  He  served  in  the  Eevolution,  and  in  his  declaration 
for  pension  says  he  wars  at  Fort  Pitt,  guarded  800  Hessians 
near  Philadelphia,  and  was  at  Yorktown.  Served  with  Lieut. 
Catlett  (Peter,  his  bro.)  and  Ensign  Catlett  (afterwards  Capt. 
Tiros.  Catlett,  killed  at  Waxhaw  (1780)  in  tire  expeditioir 
against  the  Indiairs.  He  asked  for  pensioir  in  1831,  declaring 
he  was  78  years  old.  He  received  $90  in  pensions  IMarch  12, 
1834.  Mar.  Amr.  Morgan,  d.  Oct.  26,  1840,  dan.  of  Dairiel  ( ?) 
Morgair,  arrd  had  issue.  Only  two  children  can  be  found  froirr 
the  Family  Bible,  and  these,  with  descent,  are  given  below. 

(3)  Johrr,®  b.  Sept.  30,  1749,  d.  Feb.  5,  1826,  and  was  kirowir  by 
his  relatives  as  “the  wealthy  John,”  since  he  owired  lands  on 
North  Eivei’,  in  the  Forks  of  the  Eiver  and  on  Punch  Eun. 
He  was  recorrrirrended  and  sworn  in  for  captaiir  in  Virginia 
forces  by  the  couirty  court  of  Frederick  Co.,  Va.,  Oct  7,  1777 
{Me  Allister,  Va.  Militia.).  He  kept  a  full  and  neat  record  in 
his-Fairrily  Bible,  which  has  been  handed  down  to  the  preserrt. 
He  mar.,  June  17,  1775,  Allie  T.  King,  b.  Dec.  20,  1755,  d. 
Oct.  28,  1803,  and  had  issue.  See  below. 

(4)  Peter,®  doubtless  tbe  olde.st  son,  d.  July,  1831,  mar.,  Nov.  19, 
1789,  Susan  Meeks,  in  Fii’st  Baptist  Church  of  New  York. 
In  the  church  book  appears,  “Peter  Catalock  was  married  to 
Susannah  Meeks,  of  New  York.”  He  kept  tavern  in  Washing¬ 
ton,  IMason  Co.,  Ky.,  in  1808,  resided  in  Boone  Co.,  Ky.,  in 
1829,  and  died  in  Covington,  Campbell  Co.,  Ky.,  July,  1831. 
They  left  no  issue.  He  was  lieutenant  in  7th  Eegt.  of  Virginia 
line,  commanded  by  Col.  Elias  Edmonds,  and  served  tbrough 
the  entire  war.  He  was  “at  Guilford  Court  House  and  was 
wounded  at  Jamestown,  Va.,  a  rifle  ball  penetrating  bis  thigb. 
disabling  bim  from  performing  manual  labor.”  He  applied 
for  pension  while  living,  and  Caleb  White  certifies  that  he  had 
seen  and  read  his  commission  as  lieutenant,  signeed  by  His  Ex- 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


cellencv,  George  Washington,  while  Jacob  White  certifies  that 
lie  was  in  the  army  with  him — he  in  the  militia  and  Lieut. 
Catlett  in  the  regular  army.  His  application  is  endorsed : 
“Peter  Catlett,  Lt.,  7th  Pegt.  Va.  Line,  Col.  Elias  Edmonds. 
Commutation  certificate  for  five  years’  full  pay,  1831.” 

At  his  death  his  widow  renews  the  application  for  pension 
and  calls  him  Major  Catlett,  and  files  a  copy  of  his  will. 

Will  of  Peter  Catlett. 

“In  the  name  of  God,  I,  Peter  Catlett,  of  Campbell  Co.,  Ky.,  do 
make  this  my  last  will,  &c.,  &c. 

“I  constitute  my  wife  Susan  Catlett  extrix.  and  bequeath  my 
whole  estate  to  her  during  life,  after  her  death  to  our  connections 
that  are  the  most  worthy  and  attentive  to  her  interests. 

“Item — 1000  acres  in  ]\Iuhlenburg  Co.,  also  farm  in  Boone 
Co.  on  the  Ohio,  those  lands  I  wish  sold  for  the  best  price  and  the 
money  put  at  interest  for  her  support.  Home  and  silver  to  her,  also 
negroes,  bonds  and  notes,  and  my  wife,  if  it  suits  her,  to  leave  what 
remains  at  her  death  to  Caleb  and  Elizabeth  White,  formerly  Eliza¬ 
beth  Catlett  (dan.  of  llobt.  and  Elizabeth  (Farrow)  Catlett). 

“Proved  in  Campbell  Co.,  Ky.,  Aug.  22,  1831,  by  oath  of  Ed.  S. 
Wheatley  and  Caleb  White. 

“Jno.  K.  Taliaferro,  Clerk.” 

His  widow  must  have  spent  quickly  what  was  left  her,  since  she 
makes  the  following  application  for  pension; 

“Susan  Catlett  made  oath  27th  March,  1834,  that  she  married 
Peter  Catlett  1795,  whom  she  had  met  after  the  Revolution  in  1793, 
He  died  July,  1831,  when  she  had  just  reteurned  from  a  visit  to 
relatives  in  K.  Y.  and  he  from  a  visit  to  Va.  She  was  55  years  old 
in  1831.  He  died  in  Covington,  Campbell  Co.,  Ky.,  July,  1831, 
without  issue,  and  she  was  now  destitute  and  far  from  her  relatives 
and  dependent  upon  strangers  for  a  home.  Sworn  to  before  me. 

“Ed.  M.  White,  J.  P.” 

Tlure  is  no  evidence  that  pension  was  ever  paid. 

(5)  Jesse,  mar.,  Feb.  9,  1792,  Ruth  Banham.  He  appears  on  land 
books  of  Frederick  Co.,  as  late  as  1812.  No  record  is  found  of 
his  descendants  and  it  is  barely  possible  that  he  may  be  father 
of  Cornelia  T.  Catlett,  who  mar.  Jno.  Catlett  in  1825,  also  of 
Ruth  Catlett,  who,  according  to  Rev.  Jno.  L.  Clearwater,  of 
Lander,  Wyo.,  mar.  Jno.  Lemon  and  moved  to  Harper’s  Ferry, 
Va.  It  may  be  that  there  were  male  descendants  of  this  couple. 
If  so,  they  moved  away  from  Frederick  Co.,  Va.,  since  only  the 
father,  “Jesse,”  appears  on  the  tax  rolls. 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


75 


(6)  Henry,  b.  Feb.  8,  1758,  d.  Dec.  10,  1820,  was  chief  legatee  in 
liis  nncle  Peter’s  will  1785,  and  tbns  inherited  “White  Post,” 
where  he  lived  and  died.  He  mar.,  Dec.  8,  1782,  Miriam 
Calme.':,  b.  Dec.  12,  1758,  d.  Feb.  20,  1825,  dan.  of  Wm.  Calmes 
and  Lucy  Neville,  his  wife.  Henry  was  recommended  Aug.  -4, 
1779,  as  a  lieutenant  in  Virginia  forces  by  the  county  court  of 
Frederick  (McAllister,  Va.  Militia).  At  the  graveyard  at 
White  Post  is  a  tomb  with  the  following  inscription :  “Here 
rests  remains  of  Mrs.  ^liriam  Catlett,  wife  of  Plenry  Catlett, 
b.  Dec.  12,  1758.  She  lived  and  died  in  the  full  hope  of  a 
blessed  immortality.”  F'or  issue,  see  further  on. 

(7)  George,  mar.,  1790,  Letitia  Puck,  dau.  of  Cbas.  and  Mary 
(Pichardson)  Buck.  He  moved  to  Morganfield  .  Ky.,  in  1810, 
as  per  following  letter  now  in  our  possessio,  kindly  lent  by  Mrs. 
Fannie  Catlett  Cravens,  of  Kansas  City,  IVIo. : 

“Brownsville,  22nd  Sept.,  1810. 

“Dear  Bro.— I  arrived  here  this  evening.  Have  promise  a  lioat 
to  start  to-morrow  down  the  river.  iMy  family  are  all  well  and  have 
got  out  safe — much  more  cheerfully  than  I  e.xpected.  There  is  three 
familys  going  down  the  river  with  ine — one  from  the  city  of  Wash¬ 
ington,  a  very  gentlemanly  man  with  his  family,  who  had  been 
clerk  in  the  war  office  for  several  years.  Chas.  Smith  is  going  on 
with  his  family  to  the  mouth  of  Sandy  to  take  possession  of  his 
property  there  as  he  says, — I  shall  expect  you  to  write  me  frequently 
to  Hopkinsville.  i\Iy  love  to  our  old  mother  and  hope  she  may  be 
reconciled  to  my  leaving  her  in  her  old  age,  as  necessity  was  the 
cause.  Should  she  want  a  winter  gown,  please  to  get  her  a  good 
one  on  my  account,  as  T  hojie  you  may  have  supply  in  your  hands. 
I  am  scarcely  any  time  to  write  but  have  never  neglected  any  oppor¬ 
tunity  to  embrace  in  writing  to  you.  My  family  joins  me  in  love 
to  you  and  family  and  all  enquiring  friends — not  forgetting  my 
respects  to  my  old  and  worthy  friend  iMr.  Funsten. 

“I  am  Dr.  Bro.  Yours  Geo.  Catlett.” 

This  letter  was  directed  to  “iMr.  illenry  Catlett,  White  Post, 
Fred.  Co.,  Va.,  per  IMr.  Carson.” 

George  settled  at  IMorgansficld,  Ky.  For  issue,  see  further  on. 

(8)  Henrietta,  mar.  by  Pev.  Alex  Bablmain,  F'eb.  19,  1789,  ^lar- 
quis  Calmes  Piebardson,  and  had,  among  others,  Emily,  mar. 
Benjamin  Pobertson,  and  bad  Sarah,  mar.  Geo.  A.  IMorrow, 
and  are  parents  of  i\Iiss  Emilv  G.  Morrow,  lllG  Union  avenue, 
IMemphis,  Tenn. 

(9)  Sarah,  mar.  John  Buck,  bro.  of  Letitia  Buck. 

(10)  Nancy,  mar.  Jeremiah  O’Pear,  son  of  John  O’Pear. 

(11)  Mary,  mar.  Benjamin  O'Pear,  bro.  of  Jeremiah. 


Desceiuhints  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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Descendants  of  Robt.  Catlett,  of  Fauouier,  b.  1751,  d.  1810,  and  His  Wife, 

Elizabeth  Farrow,  d.  1818,  Daughter  of  Ninurod  Farrow,  of  Fauquier. 

His  will  in  Fauquier  county,  probated  1810,  leaves  his  estate  to 
wife  Elizabeth  for  life,  with  remainder  to  his  children,  viz:  dau. 
Mary  Ann  Enders,  son  Win.  Catlett,  dau.  Sarah  Catlett,  dau.  Nancy 
Dews,  son  David  Catlett,  son  Peter  Catlett,  dau.  Lucinda  Catlett, 
son  Geo.  F.  Catlett,  son  Eobt.  Catlett,  son  Nimrod  Catlett,  son 
Bryant  Catlett  and  dau.  Elizabeth  Catlett. 

In  1778.  after  the  death  of  Elizabeth,  his  ivife,  the  following  con¬ 
veyed  land,  specifying  it  was  purchased  by  Eobt.  Catlett,  their 
father,  who  devised  it  for  life  to  his  wife,  with  remainder  to  his 
children:  (Signed)  David  Catlett,  Sarah  Catlett,  Lucinda  Catlett, 
Geo.  F.  Catlett,  Eolit.  Catlett. 

It  will  be  observed  that  several  of  the  children  mentioned  in  his 
will,  and  who  were  known  to  be  living  at  that  time,  did  not  sign  the 
above  deed.  The  children  of  above  were,  according  to  will : 

(1)  j\Iary  Ann,  d.  1840,  mar.  Jacob  Enders  and  moved  to  Ken¬ 
tucky.  Issue:  (a)  Jno.  Catlett  Enders,  d.  Oct.  35,  1843,  mar. 
Elizabeth  Coffield,  d.  Dec.  38,  1886;  (b)  Henry,  mar.  Adelia 
Jacob;  (c)  Marquis,  wife  unknown;  (d)  Peter,  mar  a  wealthy 
woman  of  La.  or  Miss,  and  was  a  prominent  physician  in  Baton 
Eouge;  (e)  IVilliam,  mar.  Lydia  Walters;  (f)  Mary,  mar. 
Capt.  Jesse  K.  Bell,  of  New  Orleans,  the  owner  of  the  famous 
steamboats  “Eobt.  E.  Lee”  and  “Jesse  K.  Bell”;  (g)  Eliza¬ 
beth,  mar.  (I)  -  Hines,  mar.  (II)  -  Lashbrook;  (h) 

Eobert,  mar.  (I)  Amanda  Barber,  mar.  (II)  Melvina  Barber, 
sisters,  and  daughters  of  Andrew  Barber  and  wife,  Margaret 
Bradford,  and  had  issue : 

I.  Henry,  d.  unmarried. 

II.  Mary,  mar.  Eobt.  Woolfolk.  Issue:  Nannie,  in  convent 
in  New  Orleans,  La.;  Bertie,  unmarried;  Owen,  unmar¬ 
ried;  Kate  Temple,  mar.  Wm.  Gaston  IVhitfield;  Eich- 
ard,  mar.  Nellie  Wilson. 

III.  Martha,  mar.  Edmund  Taylor  Woolfolk  and  had 
Martha,  d.  y. ;  Edmund  Taylor  lAoolfolk,  mar.  (II) 
Ann  Lou  McKnight  and  had  John,  unmarried;  Ed.  T., 
mar.  Allie  Cabell,  and  Henry,  unmarried. 

IV.  Amanda,  mar.  Eichard  Huey  W.  Woolfolk,  bro.  of  Ed¬ 

mund,  and  had :  Henry,  mar.  Amelia  Boyd :  Mary  E., 
mar.  Joseph  L.  Sawyer ;  Eobt.  Lee.  mar.  Emma  Wheeler ; 
Junius  A.,  mar.  Virginia  Singleton;  Lewis  Eogers,  mar. 
Josephine  - ;  Eichard,  mar.  Florence  Miller. 

(3)  William,  b.  1781,  d.  Dec.  6.  1855,  mar.  (I)  Nov.  30,  1803, 
Lucy  Ashby,  dau.  of  Lewis  Ashby,  by  Eev.  Wm.  F.  P.  Davis, 
in  Frederick  County,  Va.,  and  had  issue:  (a)  Alfred  Ashby, 
b.  1810,  d.  Jan.  6,  1864,  and  buried  at  Union  Church,  Eankin 


Desconihnits  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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Co.,  ^ri?P.,  on  ground  given  to  cluircli  by  him,  mar.,  Dec.  31, 
1833.  ^tartha  Itachel  Hadley,  b.  lSl->,  dan.  of  iVtoses  Lanrcnce 
and  Ann  ( Uoberts,  b.  177’^)  Hadley,  and  had  issne  (see  below)  ; 
(b)  Lewis,  mar.  and  moved  to  Texas:  no  further  information; 

(e)  Sidney,  mar.  Peter  Classcock.  of  Paris,  Ya.,  and  had: 

I.  Lean  Amanda,  b.  .Ian.  14,  1838,  d.  Sept.  1,  1902,  mar. 
A])ril  25,  1865,  in  A'irginia,  Picbard  Hamilton  Bell, 
b.  1839,  d.  Jan.  6,  1911,  of  ^Maryland,  and  settled  in 
IMadison  Co.,  ^liss.,  and  had  :  Hattie  Elizabeth,  b.  .Jan. 
19,  1868,  mar.,  Jan.  1,  1884,  Joshua  W.  Dorman,  of 
Bolton,  ^liss. ;  Anne  C.  M.  IL,  b.  Ang.  1,  1871,  mar.. 
Sept.  1,  1894,  Doster  Bradley,  d.  Sept.  14,  1895,  of 
Jackson,  ]iliss. ;  Lnla  J.,  b.  1874,  mar.,  .Time  12,  1897, 
Cbas.  JYilliams,  d.  Jan.  13,  1901,  of  Jackson,  IMiss., 
and  has  Paul,  b.  1898;  Wesley  Catlett,  b.  1866,  d.  1867; 
Ezra  Ebnor,  b.  Julv  7,  1878;  Richard  Ashby,  b.  Oct. 
31,  1881. 

II.  Catlett,  mar. - ,  and  was  killed  in  C.  S.  A., 

1864,  in  Tenn.,  and  left  a  son,  who  was  father  of  Lnla 
Glasscock,  of  Jackson,  iMiss. 

Joshua  W.  and  Hettie  Elizabeth  Dorman,  above,  have 
following  living:  Georgia  Elizabeth,  b.  1886,  mar., 
1908,  1).  D.  BuBose,  and  have  Win.  H.  1).  and  Richard 
A.:  Adelaide  Stevenson,  b.  1892;  Lnla  Lean,  b.  1894; 
Earl  Dewit,  b.  1896;  Allie  May,  b.  1899  ;  Neil,  b.  1900; 
Anna  Bell,  b.  1905;  Mayor,  b.  1909. 

Children  of  Doster  and  Ann  C.  M.  R.  Bradley  are 

Franklin  D.,  b.  1895 ;  Amy  IMay,  b.  1896,  mar. - , 

and  Gnion,  b.  1899. 

(d)  .John,  mar.  Miss  Dnnn,  and  d.  s.  p. 

(e)  Mildred,  mar.  IMr.  Olive,  of  Va.,  and  had  two  children. 

(f)  Landora,  d.  single,  in  1835,  in  Jefferson  Co..  Ky.  Win. 
Catlett  and  wife  Ann  sell  to  Bnckner  Ashby  1/6  part  of 
1/7  part  of  an  nndivided  moiety  belonging  to  Landora 
Catlett ;  said  Landora  died  intestate  and  said  JVm.,  being  heir 
at  law  of  said  Landora.  The  said  land  was  devised  by  Lewis 
Ashby,  who  mar.  Leanna  Bnckner,  to  his  two  sons,  Bnckner 
and  Lewis  Ashby,  and  Landora  was  a  granddaughter  of  the 
latter.  (Jefferson  Co.  Records,  Book  T.  T.,  page  445.) 

Wm.  Catlett  mar.  (II)  June  29,  1817,  Anna  Dlallory,  b. 
1794,  d.  April  17,  1856,  of  Fanqnier  Co.,  Va.,  and  had: 

(g)  William  DIallory,  b.  1820,  d.  1865,  mar.  Helen  T.  Steigler, 
and  had  one  son.  Frank,  b.  1863,  and  was  drowned.  1901,  at 
Newport  News,  Va.  Wm.  i\[.  died  in  Point  Coupe  Parish, 
La.,  in  1865.  iMrs.  Catlett  mar.  (II)  Jno.  T.  Coleman  and 
now  lives  at  Manassas,  Va. 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


(h)  Angelina,  b.  Dec.  23,  near,  Paris,  Fauquier  Co.,  Va., 
mar.  Oct.  12,  1853,  Col.  Felix  Davis,,  who  died  in  1878. 
In  1879  his  widow  moved  with  her  three  children  to  Ohio, 
living  many  years  near  Urhana,  removing  later  to  Mechanics- 
burg,  where  she  died  in  1908  and  is  buried  in  Maple  Grove 
Cemetery.  Her  children  are: 

Annie,  mar.  Charles  Layton,  of  Wilmington,  Del.,  and  has 
two  grown  sons,  Felix  and  Thomas. 

Samuel,  never  married,  devoting  his  life  to  his  mother. 

Sarah,  after  many  years  as  teacher  in  the  public  schools 
of  Champaign  Co.,  Ohio,  mar.  Percy  Horr,  of  Mechan- 
icshurg,  and  has  a  dan.,  Martha,  b.  1901. 

These  are  all  living  in  Champagne  County  and  are  well- 
to-do-  farmers. 

(i)  Martha  mar.  Bobt.  Massie  and  has  Mamie,  living  in  Me- 
chanicsburg,  Ohio. 

(j)  Minerva,  mar.  D.  Triplett.  No  issue. 

(k)  Alcinda,  mar.  Sperry,  son  of  Elijah  and  Margaret  (Sperry) 
Catlett,  her  cousin,  and  had : 

Mardonius,  of  Frederick  Co.,  Va.,  d.  in  1888,  mar. 
Miss  Will}^  of  Middleton,  Va.  She  survived  him,  with 
children,  according  to  will  of  Allietta  Catlett,  recorded 
in  Frederick  Co.,  Va.,  Dec.  3,  1888,  in  which  she  men¬ 
tions  children  of  Mardonius  Catlett,  her  sister  Matilda, 
and  sister-in-law  Alcinda. 

(l)  Adelaide,  mar.  Jno.  Vincent,  of  Westville,  Ohio,  and  had 
Joseph,  Alton,  Adelaide  and  Emma. 

(m)  Lucy,  died  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  Dec.  18,  1905,  mar,  in  Jack- 
son,  Miss.,  Dr.  J.  Alex.  Brown,  of  New  York,  who  died  in 
New  Orleans,  La.,  Jan.  IG,  1887,  and  had  (a)  Elizabeth, 
mar.,  1892,  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  Judge  Samuel  Myers,  d. 
1902  Issue:  Ernest;  (b)  James  Stonewall,  d.  in  Spring- 
field,  Ohio;  (c)  Blanche,  mar.  in  New  Orleans,  1892,  Boss 
Mitchell  Horne,  of  Dayton,  Ohio;  issue,  all  born  in  New  Or¬ 
leans:  Wilbur  Emerson,  Hazel  Hart,  and  Cleveland,  d.  1901. 
Mrs.  Horne  and  her  children  live  at  Bay  St.  Louis,  Miss,  (d) 
Walter,  mar.,  in  New  Orleans,  Annie  Barringer,  and  has 
Yvonne,  b.  in  Jackson,  Miss. 

(n)  Andrew  Jackson  (Jack)  wns  a  lieutenant  in  C.  S.  A.  and 

killed  at  Borne,  Ga.,  in  1864. 

(o)  David,  d.  y. 

(p)  Bobert,  b.  1826,  d.  1917,  mar.,  March  19,  1863,  Mar¬ 
garet  Burton,  of  Brownsville,  Miss.,  and  live  at  Canton,  Miss. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Catlett  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  in  1913, 
with  thirteen  children  and  many  grandchildren  present.  Mr. 
Catlett  came  to  Miss,  from  Va.  in  1850  with  his  bros.,  Alfred, 


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William,  John  and  Lewis,  and  sister,  Lucy.  The  above  have 
had  sixteen  children: 

(a)  Annie  Burton,  mar.  Eev.  E.  L.  Bunyard,  of  Magnolia, 
Miss.,  and  have  two  boys,  Eobert  and  James.  “They  are 
doing  their  part  of  the  world’s  work  and  hope  to  make 
their  little  corner  brighter  and  better  by  having  lived 
in  it.” 

(b)  Mary  Lee,  d.  at  age  of  12,  1878. 

(c)  Eobt.  Burton,  mar.  Lula  Spruill;  no  issue. 

(d)  William  Jackson,  mar.  Minnie  Mullen  and  live  in 
Denver,  Col.,  and  have  Win.  Jackson  and  Margaret 
Elizabeth. 

(e)  Pennington  Tucker,  d.  1899. 

(f)  Walter  Clarence,  mar.  Mattie  Lou  Johnson,  and  live  in 
in  Canton,  l\riss.,  and  have  Clarice,  James  Bradford, 
Sarah  and  Walter  Clarence,  Jr. 

(g)  Aurora,  mar.  Dr.  ]\I.  A.  Eobinson,  and  lives  in  Eeno, 
Xev.,  and  has  Clarence,  l\r.  A.,  Jr.,  and  Mallory  Catlett. 

(h)  l\[allory,  mar.  Agatha  C.  Henebry,  of  Denver,  Col.,  and 
has  two  girls,  Dorothy  and  Jeanne. 

(i)  IMargaret  Burton,  not  married. 

(j)  Helen  Coleman,  mar.  Eobt.  E.  Hinton,  of  Canton,  Miss., 
and  has  Eobt.,  Anne,  ^largaretJosephine,  and  Mallory. 

(k)  Lillian,  mar.  Earnest  B.  ^laxwell,  of  Hernando,  Miss., 
and  has  Thos.  Eoe. 

(l)  Lucy  Brown,  (m)  David  Alfonso,  (n)  Gertrude,  (o) 
Ashbv,  mar.  H.  Turner,  of  Canton,  Miss.;  (p)  Mvrtle, 
d.  y.  ‘ 

(3)  Sarah  Catlett.  Nothing  known  of  her. 

(4)  Nancy,  mar.  - Dews.  Nothing  further  of  her. 

(5)  David.  No  records  or  other  information  of  him. 

(6)  Lucy,  b.  1789,  mar.  Isham  Eandolph  Allen,  b.  Jan.  23,  1799, 
and  had : 

(a)  Nimrod  Bryant,  b.  1820,  mar.  (I)  Eose  Davis  and  had 

issue:  John,  d.  s.  p. ;  Eandolph  (mar. - ,  and 

had  John,  Jr.)  ;  Nimrod  Bryant,  Jr.,  mar.  Celice  Ea- 
venscroft  and  had  Eose  Allen,  mar.  Charles  Valier  and 

had  Chas.  Bryant;  Wiliam,  Charles  (mar. - ). 

Nimrod  Bryant  (mar. - ),  Maurin. 

Nimrod  Bryant  mar  (II)  Mrs.  James  Page  Hirsh- 
burger,  no  issue;  mar.  (Ill)  Dlrs.  Alice  Hughes  Folly, 
no  issue. 

(b)  Napoleon  Bonaparte,  b.  1824,  mar.  Lizzie  J.  Weir.  No 
issue. 

(c)  Eobt.,  unmarried,  and  living  in  Canada. 

(d)  Eichardson  Walker,  b.  1825,  mar.  (I)  Mrs.  Sallie  Mc¬ 
Connell  Wilson  and  had  issue :  Adelia,  d.  y. ;  Henrietta, 


so 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


mar.  Glover  Carey,  of  Calhoun,  Ky.,  and  had 

issue :  Sallie  Aim.  (mar.  Geo.  Lowery,  issue.  Henrietta 
and  Fred)  ;  Jennie  Way  land  (mar.  Clarence  Stroud, 
issue,  l\Iary  Sue  and  Jennie)  ;  Chas.  ]\Iadison,  Glover 
H.  (mar.  Bessie  Miller,  issue,  Wm.  Ke  and  Sarah)  ; 
Ora,  Joe  Allen,  Stewart,  a  rover,  whereabouts  unknown; 
mar.  II)  Josie  Rudy  and  had  Janey  (mar.  Dr.  Parker, 
of  Evansvile,  Ind. ;  issue,  two  daughters). 

(e)  Henry  Clay,  b,_1832,  mar.  (I)  Martha  Elizabeth  Cheat¬ 
ham  and  had  (1)  Hapoleon  Bonaparte,  Jr.  (mar.  Mattie 
Walden  and  had  Joseph,  mar.  Katie  Bell  Dawson,  no 
issue)  ;  Wirt,  of  Owensboro,  Ky.,  and  Henry  Clay,  Jr. 

(2)  Lucy  Allina,  mar.  Sam’l  E.  Crowley,  of  Hibbards- 
ville,  Ky.,  and  had:  Edward  C.  (mar.  Mrs.  Addie 
Smith,  issue,  Winston)  ;  Clement  (mar.  Rachel  Til- 
lottson,  no  issue)  ;  Eulus,  T.  V.  Mable  (mar.  Robt.  L. 
Schaffer,  issue  Laura  Louise)  ;  Katherine  (mar.  Robt. 
H.  Galloway,  issue  Pauline  H.)  ;  Seffin,  unmarried; 

(3)  John  Ida,  unmarried;  (4)  Jennie  Bell  (mar.  Jos. 
Wright,  of  Owensboro,  Ky.,  and  has  Bessie,  Willie,  An¬ 
nabel,  Mary  Blanche,  Henry  Allen,  mar.  Robt.  Wm. 
Wells  and  had  Roht.,  Wm.  and  Joseph  Allen)  ;  (5) 
Lizzie  Weir,  mar.  Sidney  Hatchell  Trice,  no  isscie ;  (6) 
Wm.  Henry  (mar.  Lena  Frank,  issue  Frank  Allen). 

Henry  Clay  mar.  (II)  Annie  Hall  Enders  and  had: 
Nimrod,  unmarried;  James  Bell  (mar.  Susan  Benson 
Walthen,  issue  James  Bryant)  ;  Annie  Dunn  (mar. 
Prof.  Janies  ReubenAlexander,  of  Bowling  Green,  Ky. ; 
no  issue)  ;  Hiram  Hall  (mar.  Mary  Davis;  no  issue). 

Mrs.  Enders,  above,  was  doubtless  widow  of  a  son  of  Mary 
Ann  Enders,  a  sister  of  Lucy  and  aunt  of  Henry  Clay  Allen. 

(7)  Peter  went  to  Princeton,  Ky.,  with  his  brothers.  Geo.  Farrow 
and  Robt.,  mar.  Juliette  Belle  and  had:  (a)  Mary  Elizabeth, 
b.  1822,  d.  1905,  at  Mineral  Mound  Farm,  near  Eddyville, 
Ky.,  mar.  (I)  Jno.  Von  Tress,  no  issue;  mar.  (II) 
Gabriel  Fletcher,  Rabb,  b.  1834,  d.  1905,  and  had  (a)  Nannie, 
mar.  Alexander  Kirkland,  of  1611  W.  Broadway,  Paducah,  Ky., 
who  has  kindly  furnished  the  above;  (b)  Camilla,  mar.  Benj. 
Berry;  (c)  Juliette,  mar.  Gibson  Taylor  and  now  lives  at  825 
Carson  street,  San  Antonio.  She  has  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Thomp¬ 
son,  living  in  Texas  and  a  son,  Catlett  Taylor,  living  in  Kansas 
City,  Mo. 

(8)  Robert,  a  taxpayer  in  Fauquier  county  until  1819.  He  is 
recorded  as  going  to  Kentucky  with  his  brothers,  Geo.  F.  and 
Peter,  but  nothing  further  is  known  of  him  or  his  descendants. 

(9)  George  Farrow,  d.  March  24,  1848.  Heitman  gives  a  Geo.  F. 


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81 


Catlett  as  2n(l  lieutenant  TJifles.  20tli  April,  1818,  resigned  8th 
August,  1818.  This  may  be  our  subject.  He  mar  (ij  in  Ta., 
July  30,  1818,  Holly  Ann  Massie,  d.  1828,  and  had  :  (a)  Mi¬ 
nerva  Frances,  b.  July  2,  1821  (mar.  October,  1841,  Philip 
Hillver)  ;  mar.  (IT)  Sept.  21,  1833,  Mary  Jane  January,  d. 
Oct.' 19,  1853,  and  had:  (b)  Samuel  January,  b.  Aiig.  4,  1834, 
d.  Jan.  5,  1847;  (c)  *Elize  Ann  Marshall,  b.  Feb.  26,  1837,  d. 
"May  18, 1858  ;  (d)  George  Buckner,  b.  July  1,  1839,  d.  in  Texas, 
1895,  mar.  (F)  Sallie  Welch;  mar.  (IT) - ,  who  sur¬ 

vives  him  in  Koyse,  Texas;  issue.  Chandler,  b.  1887;  d.  May 
3,  1913;  (e)  Eobt.  Peter,  b.  April  22*,  1842,  d.  Sept.  18,  1889, 
mar.,  Feb.  22,  1866,  Adele  Pucker,  and  had  Xannie  Eucker,  b. 
Xov.  22,  1866.  supt.  of  schools  in  Princeton,  Ivy.,  and  doing  a 
noble  M'ork;  Geo.  Farrow,  b.  March  17,  1868  (mar.,  Oct.  25, 
1893,  Laura  Williams,  d.  April  4,  1914,  leaving  one  child,  d.  y. 
He  is  editor  of  Princeton  Courier)  ;  Eobt.  Muir,  b.  Feb.  25, 
1870  (mar.  Ida  Eobinson,  no  issue)  ;  Joshua  Eucker,  b.  Aug. 
16,  1873  (mar.,  Oct.  26.  1894,  James  Warren  Sublette;  issue, 
]\rarion  Francis,  b.  Dec.  22,  1906;  James  lYarren,  b.  Oct.  8, 
1909,  and  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  12,  1914)  ;  Mary  Elizabeth,  b. 
Dec.  21,  1875  (mar.,  Feb.  1,  1905,  Thos.  A^.  Johnson,  of  Eoyse, 
Texas;  no  issue)  ;  Frank  Stanard,  b.  Alarch  5,  1878,  d.  Alay 
19,  1914,  s.  p.;  Jno.  Albert,  b.  Dec.  13,  1880,  d.  April  5,  1883; 
Alamie  Belle,  b.  Feb.  16,  1883,  d.  Alarch  19,  1883;  Alice  Urey, 
b.  Aug.  10,  1884;  Samuel  Orr,  b.  Aug.  7,  1889  (mar.,  Xov. 

26,  1910,  Dolly  Crowder;  issue.  Geo.  Farrow,  b.  Sept.  6,  1913, 
and  Chas.  AV'elborn,  b.  Xov.  29.  11914)  ;  (f)  Alice  Amanda, 
b.  April  14,  1844,  d.  July  11,  1845;  (g)  Albert  Lamar,  b.  Aug. 

27,  1846,  died  at  Blytheville,  Ark.,  in  1895.  He  married  about 
three  weeks  before  he  died. 

(10)  Ximrod,  of  whom  v'e  know  nothing. 

(11)  Bryant,  of  whom  we  know  nothing. 

(12)  Elizabeth,  mar.  Caleb  White,  of  Tventucky  and  is  mentioned 
in  will  of  Lieut.  Peter  Catlett,  given  above. 

Descendants  of  Alfred  Ashby  (b.  1810,  d.  1804)  and  Martha  Rachel 
(Hadley,  b.  181S>  Catlett,  of  Rankin  County,  Miss, 

(1)  Eudora,  b.  Oct.  12,  1835,  d.  April  1,  1914,  and  buried  in  Jack- 
son,  Aliss.,  mar.  April  2.  1863,  Eichard  C.  Drake,  d.  1870,  of 
Brownsville,  Aliss.  :rssue:  (a) Irene  A^irginia,  b.  Dec.  19, 
1863,  d.  Jan.  1,  1864;  (b)Etbelbert  AlHed,  b.  Alarch  8,  1865, 
mar.,  August,  1902,  Sarah  Leslie  Stone,  and  has  Louis  Francis, 
b.  1905;  Ethel  Leslie,  b.  1906,  and  Alary  A^inson,  1908. 


*Jane  Marshall,  a  maiden  sister  of  Gen’l  Humphrey  Marshall,  in  her  will  Sept,  fi,  1836, 
leaves  legacy  to  Jane  Catlett,  negroes  and  a  lot  in  Mays\'ille,  Ky.  Her  brothers  were: 
Janies,  John  and  Humphrey  Marshall;  sisters,  Nancy  Marshall,  Mary,  married  Thos.  MTiit- 
tington,  and  Elizabeth,  married  Sam  January,  and  these  were  parents  of  Mary  Jane  Janu¬ 
ary.  who  married  Geo.Farrow  Catlett. 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


(2)  Liicretia  P.,  b.  July  20,  1837,  cl.  1875,  mar.,  Dec.  24,  1863, 
G.  W.  Dameron  and  had  issue;  Jesse  Mabry,  b.  Feb.  2,  1865. 
Mr.  Dameron  has  married  again  and  lives  in  St.  Joe,  Mo. 

(3)  Alfred  Ashby,  b.  Dec.  10,  1839,  d.  1848. 

(4)  Wm.  B.,  born  Xov.  10,  1841,  served  through  the  war  in  Eankin 
Eifles,  C.  S.  A.,  and  on  bis  return  moved  to  Dallas,  Texas, 

where  be  mar. - and  had:  (a)  Alfred,  of  Memphis 

and  California,  mar.  — ; - and  has  Lewis;  (b)  Lewis, 

unmarried  and  lives  in  California;  (c)  Lula,  mar.  to  a  captain 
in  Salvation  Army  and  is  now  serving  with  him. 

(5)  Hattie  E.,  b.  Dec.  14,  1846,  d.  Dec.  14,  1869,  unmarried. 

(6)  Georgia  A.,  b.  March  10,  1848,  d.  Hov.,  1913,  mar.,  Jccly  7, 
1869,  James  A.  Blackmore,  of  Clinton,  Miss.  Issue:  Chas. 
Ashby,  b.  Sept.  9,  1869,  d.  Sept.  14,  1869. 

(7)  John  Bolivar,  b.  Aug.  25,  1857,  d.  June  19,  1915,  mar.,  Dec. 
21,  1894,  Bessie  Henderson,  b.  Aug.  4,  1876,  and  had:  (a) 
Eachel  Emma,  b.  July  14,  1896;  (,b)  Joseph,  b.  Sept.  14,  1898, 
and  died  same  day;  (c)  Dave  Lucretia  Ogclen,  b.  Jan.  29,  1900; 

(d)  Mary  Anne  Idele,  b.  Jan.  12,  1905. 

(8)  Lillie  M.,  b.  May  15,  1854,  mar..  May  18,  1883,  Henry  Eitchie, 
of  Mobile,  and  has  issue;  (a)  Henry,  b.  Aug.  10,  1885,  living 
in  Memphis,  unmarried;  (b)  Myra,  b.  Aug.  14,  1887,  mar.. 
May  18,  1910,  Jno.  Goodwin,  of  Forest,  Miss.  Issue:  Jno. 
Albert,  b.  March  13,  1910;  Helen  Elise,  b.  June  13,  1911;  (e) 
Helen,  b.  Oct.  4,  1889,  mar.,  June  14,  1911,  Frank  E.  Lehman, 
d.  Oct.  21,  1914;  issue,  Fred  Ashby,  b.  Aug.  4,  1912,  and  lives 
in  Mobile,  Ala. ;  (d)  Ashby,  b.  Jan.  29,  1886,  in  Jackson,  Miss., 
d.  July,  1912,  in  Chicago,  Ill.,  and  buried  by  Oddfellows,  mar. 
Edna  Gillett,  of  Chicago,  and  had  Lillian  Myra,  b.  July,  1909; 

(e)  John,  b.  July  21,  1902,  d.  y.,  and  buried  at  Jackson,  Miss. 

CMldren  of  David,  b.  1753,  d.  Sept.  11,  1834,  and  Ann  Morgan, 
d.  Oct.  26,  1840,  Catlett. 

(1)  Dorothy,  b.  June  19,  1785,  cl.  Feb.  24,  1819,  mar.,  March  10, 
1803,  by  Eev.  Wm.  Hill,  John  Campbell.  Issue  unknown. 

(2)  George,  b.  Feb.  12,  1793,  d.  Aug.  12,  1854,  mar.,  Nov.  3,  1822, 
by  Eev.  James  Eiley,  Clarissa  Lantz,  b.  Feb.  16,  1799,  cl.  Aug. 
11,  1854,  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Margaret  Lantz,  and  had  issue  : 

(a)  Margaret  Ann,  b.  Aug.  4,  1823,  d.  May  15,  1856,  mar., 
April  25,  1847,  by  Eev.  Myers,  Jno.  Bevans.  Issue: 
John  H.,  b.  April  1,  1848;  Anna  Maria,  b.  July  12, 

1849;  Ellen  Clara,  b.  Aug.  1,  1851,  mar. - Scott,  of 

Berkeley  Springs;  Martha  Ann,  b.  March  8,  1854. 

(b)  Dr.  Willoughby  David,  b.  March  12,  1825,  cl.  suddenly 
Jan.  19,  1852,  of  Mt.  Crawford,  mar.,  Dec.  1.  1847, 
Lucy  Devier,  sister  of  Wm.  Devier,  by  Eev.  Geo.  Martin. 


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Issue:  Ueo.  Allen,  b.  April  11,  1850;  Ada  Willoughby, 
b.  July  21,  1851. 

(c)  Henry  Van  Eobert,  b.  Aug.  10,  1820,  d.  Marc-h  22,  1834, 
of  scarlet  fever. 

(d)  Foushee  De  Witt  Clinton,  b.  Nov.  3,  1828,  d.  i\rarch  6, 
1834,  of  scarlet  fever. 

(e)  Daniel  Morgan,  b.  Feb.  17,  1831,  mar.  (1)  IMarch  18, 
1856,  by  Rev.  Campljell,  Mary  C.  Catlett,  dan.  of  Robt 
Bailey  and  Elizabeth  Huff'  Catlett,  and  moved  to  IMar- 
shall  Co.,  Mo.,  in  1857,  and  had  issue :  Fannie  Virginia, 

b.  April  20,  1857,  mar. - and  was  a  widow  in 

1887 ;  Lula  May,  b.  Sept.  27,  1858,  mar. - and 

lived  in  1887  in  Choctaw  Nation,  Indian  Territory; 
Robt.  David,  b.  l\Iay,  1860,  living  in  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
in  1887;  Emma,  b.  1868;  Henry  Clayton,  b.  1871. 

Mar.  (II)  DIrs.  Lynch,  of  Marshall,  IMo.,  with  three 
children,  two  hoys  and  one  girl,  Nov.  21,  1883 ;  no  issue. 
DIost  of  above  is  tak'en  from  a  letter  written  by  Dan’l 
Morgan  Catlett  to  bis  niece,  dated  November,  1887. 

(f)  Maria  Louisa  Dorothy,  b.  March  27,  1833,  d.  Aug.  23, 
1887,  mar.  (I)  May  io,  1853,  Win.  Devier,  d.  1860,  and 
had  issue;  Clara  Bell,  b.  Aug.  1,  1854,  mar.  Rev.  C.  F. 
Fry,  d.  1891,  a  Baptist  minister;  no  issue  (Mrs.  Fry 
lives  in  Harrisonburg,  Va.,  with  her  brother-in-law, 
J.  C.  Staples)  ;  Emma  Scott,  b.  Oct.  29,  1856,  d.  1904, 
mar.,  1876,  Junius  Clay  Staples,  C.  S.  A.,  of  Harrison¬ 
burg,  A"a.  Issue :  hla'rnest  Lee,  b.  1877,  living  in  Ma¬ 
nilla,  R.  1. ;  Emma  Catlett,  b.  .1878,  mar,  Dudley 
Staples,  no  issue;  James  K.,  b.  1879,  physical  director 
in  high  school  in  Houston,  Texas;  Robt.  Tyler,  b.  1881, 
electrical  engineer.  New  York;  Catherine  Louise,  b. 
1883,  teacher  in  Meredith  College,  N.  C. ;  Ralph,  b. 
1885,  mar.  Alay  Cooper,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  has 
one  child;  Julia  Tapscott,  b.  1893. 

Mar.  (II)  Sept.  22,  1863,  AVm.  J.  Blackwood  and  bas 
issue:  Tbos.  Jefferson,  b.  Aug.  12,  1865,  d.  unmarried; 
Marion  Damaris,  b.  Jan.  12,  1867;  Adelaide,  b.  April 
24,  18()9,  mar.  Frank  AVeiss ;  Elizabeth  Morgan,  b.  Aug. 
24,  1871,  at  Berkeley  Springs,  W.  Va.,  mar.,  Oct.  22, 
1890 ;  Jno.  Slater  Bradley,  of  Harrisonburg,  Va.  ( Issue  : 
jMarceline,  b.  Aug.  22,  1891;  Jno.  Slater,  Jr.,  b.  Jan. 
15,  1893;  Frances  Elizabetb,  b.  Sept.  20,  1895;  Alar- 
garet,  b.  Aug.  9,  1897;  Ricbard  Blackwood,  b.  Nov.  12, 
1900;  Helen  Catlett,  b.  Nov.  20,  1902.)  [Mrs.  Bradley 
has  the  old  Family  Bihle  of  David  and  Oeo.  Catlett,  her 
ancestors,  and  much  of  the  data  on  this  branch  is  taken 
from  this  Bible  and  from  her  letters.]  Sidney  Pern- 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


herton,  b.  Xov.,  187’3,  d.  unmarried;  Don  Piatte,  b. 
Nov.  13,  187b. 

(g)  iMarion  Clarissa,  b.  Feb.  16,  1835,  d.  Dec.  18,  1882, 
mar.,  Nov.  22,  1855,  by  Eev.  Karney,  Jno.  McLaughlin, 
still  living,  but  blind  from  old  age.  Issue;  Anna  Helen, 
b.  Oct.  14,  1856,  mar.  Frank  Campbell,  of  Orleans  Cross 
Loads,  W.  A^a. 

(h)  Fonshee  Tibbs,  b.  April  26,  1837,  d.  Dec.  24,  1856,  s.  p. 

(i)  Lavinia  Helen,  b.  Dec.,  1838  d.  Jan.  16,  1862,  mar., 
June  11,  1861,  by  Eev.  Dolly,  Jas.  C.  Hunter.  Issue: 
Frank  A.,  b.  March  10,  1862. 

Descendants  of  Capt.  John  (b.  1749,  d.  1826)  Catlett,  of  Frederick 
County,  Va.,  and  His  Wife,  AUie  T.  King. 

(1)  Nancy,  b.  May  17,  1776,  mar.,  June  10,  1802,  Spencer  Lehue. 

(2)  Elijah,  b.  Dec.  23,  1777,  d.  1826,  mar.,  Feb.  18,  1816,  Margaret 
Sperry  and  had  issiie :  Sperry,  mar.  Alcinda,  dan.  of  AVilliam 
Catlett  and  his  wife,  Ann  Mallory,  and  had  Mardonius,  d.  be¬ 
fore  1888  (mar.  Miss  AFilly  and  left  children)  ;  Matilda  Ann, 
nnmarried ;  Ally  Etta.  Her  will,  dated  Nov.  5,  1888,  mentions 
sister  Matilda  Ann  and  Alcinda,  widow  of  Mardonius  Catlett 
and  her  children  . 

(3)  Joseph  King,  b.  Nov.  3,  1779,  d.  Feb.  26,  1802,  mar.,  Jan.  6,' 
1801,  Nancy  Allensworth,  d.  April  7,  1802,  and  left  one  son, 
Jno.  Allensworth,  b.  Nov.  1,  1801,  in  Frederick  Co.,  Va.,  moved 
to  Alontgomery  Co.,  Tenn,  where  he  mar.,  March  28,  1839,  his 
coiisin,  Allie  Ann  Senseney,  b.  Sept.  7,  1815,  at  Mt.  Hope, 
Shenandoah  Co.,  Va.  For  issue,  see  below. 

(4)  Henrietta,  b.  Oct.  30,  1781,  mar..  Sept.  23,  1802,  Butler  Al¬ 
lensworth. 

(5)  Eobert,  b.  Jan.  13,  1786,  d.  July  5,  1801. 

(6)  Louisa,  b.  Nov.  7,  1787,  mar.,  Nov.  22,  1805,  Peter  Senseney. 

(7)  Mary  F.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1789. 

(8)  Patsy  D.,  b.  March  26,  1792,  d.  Feb.  26,  1871,  mar.,  Aug.  26, 
1813,  Alexander  Catlett,  Jr.,  son  of  Alexander  of  Catlettsburg, 
Ky.,  and  his  wife,  Susannah.  No  issue. 

(9)  Carolina  Matilda,  b.  Sept.  3,  1794,  d.  Sept.  12,  1826,  mar., 
Feb.  11,  1813,  Adam  Hamburgh.  Issue:  Amanda,  Arabella, 
Ally  Ann,  Amelia  and  Peter  Catlett. 

(10) Jno.,  b.  March  27,  1799,  mar.,  according  to  Family  Bible  in 
hands  of  the  Catlett  family  in  Clarksville,  Tenn.,  Dee.  6,  1825, 
Cornelia  T.  Catlett.  John  died  Feb.  5,  1856. 

According  to  the  Family  Bible  of  Mr.  Grandison  Catlett,  of  Buc- 

ton,  Va.,  this  John  married,  first,  Nov.  6,  1825,  Catherine  L.  Hulett, 

and  second,  Martha  Kean,  d.  Sept.  12,  1873.  Otherwise  the  contents 

of  the  two  Bibles  are  identical.  Since  Mr.  Grandison  Catlett  is  the 


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son  of  this  John  hy  his  second  wife,  liis  record  is  esteemed  of  great¬ 
est  valne.  For  issue  see  helow. 

Desoenclants  of  John  Allenswortli  f'afleft  aiirt  His  Wife,  Allie  Ann  Sen- 
seiiey,  of  MoiitKOinery  Comity,  Tonn.,  anil  Christian  County,  Ky. 

Jno.  Allensworth  Catlett  followed  his  mother’s  relatives  to  Ten¬ 
nessee,  and  on  arrival  at  the  old  Allensworth  plantation  he  carved 
his  name,  with  date,  upon  a  prominent  beech  tree,  “J.  A.  C.,  July 
27th,  1822.”  Fifty  years  after,  his  son,  J.  J.  Catlett,  carved  his 
initials,  “J.  J.  C.,  i873.”  Both  initials  are  still  visible — a  valuable 
family  record,  says  duo.  A.  C-atlett,  of  Clarksville,  Tenn.  He  mar¬ 
ried,  after  reaching  Tennessee,  his  cousin,  xMlie  Ann  Senseney,  who 
had  also  moved  from  Virginia  to  IMontgomery  county,  Tenn.  They 
had  issue : 

(1)  x4nnie  Louise,  h.  Jan.  Id,  1840,  d.  Oct.  8,  1880,  mar.,  Jan.  16 
1864,  Chastien  Wilson  Lunderman,  and  had  issue: 

(a)  Allie  Ann,  h.  Oct.  28,  1864,  mar.,  April  24.  1889,  E.  P. 
Perkins,  and  had  issue:  Helen  Louise,  h.  Feb.  14,  1893; 
Ann  Louise,  h.  Feh.  7,  1903;  Dorothy,  h.  Jidy  9,  1905. 

(h)  Louise,  h.  Jan.  16,  1869,  mar.,  June  6,  1893,  S.  B. 
Lawson,  and  has  issue:  Lawrence  Wells,  h.  Aug.  20, 
1894;  Julia  ISleville,  h.  June  26,  1895;  Lucile,  h.  June 
21,  1909. 

(c)  IMalcolm  Chastien,  h.  ISlov.  16,  1876,  mar.,  xVpril  26, 
1910,  Buth  IMarshall  Payne,  h.  June  29,  1880,  and  has 
issue :  Jack  Catlett,  h.  Dec.  22,  1911 ;  Alma  Payne,  h. 
Jan.  31,  1915. 

(d)  Jackie  Cornelia,  b.  Aug.  8,  1867. 

(e)  Henry  Clay,  h.  Jan.  23,  1872,  accidentally  killed  while 
hunting,  Dec.  2,  1882. 

(1)  Cornelia  Catherine,  h.  x\pril  7,  1842,  d.  Nov.  9,  1904,  mar., 
Oct.  21,  1869,  W.  T.  Oliver,  who  still  lives.  No  issue. 

(3)  Alexander  Clay,  h.  Aug.  13,  1844,  in  Trigg  Co.,  Ky.,  and  died 
in  Columbia,  S.  C.,  Feh.  26,  1865,  from  wounds  received  in 
battle  in  the  Confederate  service. 

(4)  John  Joseph  Crittendon,  h.  Aug.  12,1848,  d.  Oct.  1,  1898,  mar., 
Aug.  17, 1887,  Fanny  Elizabeth  Patch,  h.  June  16,  1860.  Issue: 
ilary  Louise,  h.  July  17,  1888,  d.  Oct.  1,  1888;  Sarah  Marsh, 
1).  x\ug.  23,  1889;  John  Asahel.  h.  Nov.  4,  1890,  of  the  firm  of 
Catlett  &  Patch,  Clarksville,  ’renn.  [He  has  furnished  from 
Family  Bible  and  other  sources  the  complete  record  of  his 
branch.  He  is  unmarried]  ;  Fannie  Eliza,  h.  Feh.  1,  1892,  d. 
IMay  1,  1894;  Pichard  Kimble,  h.  Oct.  7,  1893;  Marion,  h.  Aug. 
4,  1895;  IMargaret,  h.  Nov.  29,  1897. 

All  of  above  live  in  Clarksville,  Tenn. 

(5)  Addison  Cyrus,  h.  Sept.  3,  1853,  mar.,  April  29,  1903,  Maria 
P.  Leavill. 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


Descendants  of  John  Catlett,  the  Younisrcst  Son  of  John  Catlett  and 
Allie  T.  King, 

John  Catlett,  b.  17-47,  d.  1826,  was  known  as  the  rich  John,  and 
owned  large  tracts  of  land  on  the  Shenandoah  Elver.  By  his  will 
the  main  farm  descended  to  his  youngest  son,  John,  b.  1797,  d. 
1873,  and  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Grandison  Catlett,  his 
grandson. 

John,  b.  March  27,  1779,  d.  Sept,  12,  1873,  son  of  John,  h.  Sept. 
30,  1749,  d.  Feb.  5,  1826,  mar.,  June  17,  1775,  Allie  T.  King,  b. 
Dec.  26,  1755,  d.  Dec.  1803,  mar.  (I),  Kov.  1,  1825,  Catherine 
L.  Hulett  and  had  two  children,  of  which  we  have  no  information. 
He  mar.  (IT)  Martha  Kean  (Caine)  and  had)  : 

(1)  Ophelia,  h.  Jan.  12,  1848,  d.  July  7,  1905,  mar.,  April  7,  1870, 
Peter  S.  Pinker,  b.  May  8,  1846,  d.  Aug.  2,  1916.  Ko  issue. 

(2)  Henson,  h.  April  21,  1850,  d.  March  4,  1888,  mar.  Frances 
Hatton  and  had : 

(a)  Lucy  A.,  b.  April  23,  1876,  mar.,  Oct.  8,  1902,  Isaac  G. 
IVilson,  of  Wallacetown,  Pa.,  and  had  Edgar  Henson, 
b.  July  30,  1903;  Viola  Frances,  b.  Jan.  25,  1905;  John 
Wesley,  b.  March  25,  1910. 

(b)  Edgar  E.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1887. 

(3)  Scott,  b.  Aug.  28,  1852;  unmarried. 

(4)  John,  b.  June  13,  1854,  mar.,  Mai’ch  10,  1880,  Bettie  Sant- 
myer,  of  Warren  Co.,  Va.,  and  had  issue : 

(a)  Eobert  Edward,  b.  Aug.  8,  1882,  mar..  Sept.  24,  1905, 
Annie  Derflinger,  of  Warren  Co.,  Va.,  and  had  issue: 
Albert  Francis,  b.  Oct.  19,  1906,  d.  Jan.  8,  1907 ;  John 
Adams,  b.  Kov.  23,  1909;  Eachel  Virginia,  b.  Sept. 
11,  1911. 

(b)  Samuel,  b.  Dec.  11, 1883,  mar.  Katie  Bowers,  of  Hagers¬ 
town,  Md.  No  issue. 

(c)  John  Walter,  b.  Nov.  25,  1885.  d.  Sept.  5,  1889. 

(d)  Annie  Edith,  b.  May  11,  1888.  mar.,  Nov.  26,  1913, 
Frank  Eugene  Bayley,  of  Warren  Co.,  Va.  Issue : 
Annie  Matilda. 

(e)  Joseph  Carl,  b.  May  10,  1890,  d.  Feb.  29,  1892. 

(f)  Earl  Warren,  twin  to  Joseph  Carl,  mar..  May  20,  1916, 
Edna  May  Shadier,  b.  Jidy  26,  1894,  of  Pottstown, 
Pa.  No  issue. 

(g)  Bertha,  b.  July  7,  1892,  mar.,  June  17,  1916,  Henry 
Hoffman. 

(h)  Frank  Eaymond,  b.  Dec.  24,  1894. 

(5)  Landora,  b.  Feb.  17,  1856,  mar.,  Jan.  23,  1879,  Jeremiah  Clem, 
b.  Oct.  18,  1852,  of  Frederick  Co.,  Va,,  and  has  issue: 

(a)  Lela  Mae,  b.  April  16,  1880,  mar..  June  6,  1899,  Clem¬ 
ent  St.  Clair  Mason,  b.  Nov.  28,  1858,  of  White  Post, 


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Clark  Co.,  Va.  Issue:  Howard  Edward,  b.  Sept.  5, 
1900;  Ollie  St.  Clair,  b.  Aug.  19,  1902;  Arthur  Eoy,  b. 
May  14,  1904;  Ethel  Marie,  b.  June  17,  1906;  Gretta 
Clem,  b.  Jan.  13,  1914. 

(b)  Grandison,  b.  Aug.  9,  1881,  mar.,  Jan.  1,  1902,  Lydia 
S.  IVhitacre.  Issue:  Opal  M.,  b.  Nov.  19,  1902;  Thelma 
A.,  b.  May  17,  1905,  d.  Aug.  22,  1905;  Myrtle  E.,  b. 
Aug.  10,  1906,  d.  Aug.  15,  1913 ;  Anna  L.,  b.  Dec.  26, 
1908;  Eaymond  E.,  b.  Feb.  18,  1911 ;  Eetha  B.,  b.  April 

14,  1913;  Martha  L.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1915,  d.  March  27,  1916. 

(c)  Earnest,  b.  Nov.  25,  1882,  mar.,  April  3,  1906,  Mary 
Trenary,  b.  Aug.  1885,  and  has:  Edward  Lee,  b.  May 
8,  1907 ;  Irene  Helen,  b.  March  21,  1908 ;  Earnest  Eoy, 
b.  Dec.  31,  1909;  Bertie  Earl,  b.  Dec.  29,  1911,  d.  Aug. 

15,  1912;  Eichard  Athle,  b.  Jan.  2,  1913;  Cora  Vir¬ 
ginia,  b.  March  13,  1915. 

(d)  Jeremiah  Franklin,  b.  Jan.  31,  1884,  d.  Sept.  29,  1899. 

(e)  William  Clide,  b.  April  14,  1886,  mar.,  Nov.  29,  1906, 
Effie  Mae  Ware,  b.  Aug.  29,  1888,  and  had  issue :  Mil¬ 
dred  Louise,  b.  Jan.  13,  1908 ;  Selby  Stephen,  b.  Sept. 
15,  1909;  Hilda  M.,  b.  .Ian.  3,  1912;  Ealph  Calvin,  b. 
Nov.  29,  1913. 

(f)  Eeuben  Henry,  b.  Sept.  18,  1887,  d.  Aug.  12,  1888. 

(g)  Mattie  Virginia,  b.  June  20,  1892,  mar.,  Feb.  8,  1909, 
W.  W.  Mason,  of  Frederick  Co.,  Va.,  and  had:  Jeremiah 
L.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1910  ;  Perrv  N.  b.  Nov.  24,  1912  ;  Charles 
L.,  h.  Aug.  13,  1913. 

(h)  Thomas  Wilson,  h.  Feb.  20,  1896,  killed  by  electricity 
Oct.  20,  1910. 

(6)  Gandison,  b.  Sept.  9,  1858,  named  by  Alex  Catlett,  Jr.  (who 
married  his  aunt,  Pattie  D.  Catlett)  for  his  brother.  Grandson 
Catlett  (which  see).  He  owns  and  occupies  the  original  farm 
settled  hy  his  grandfather,  John,  who  married  Allie  T.  King  at 
Bucton,  Warren  Co.,  Va.  He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
commissioners  of  Warren  Co.,  Va.,  and  a  successful  farmer. 
He  has  furnished  the  original  Bible,  from  which  extracts  given 
above  have  been  taken.  He  married  Eudora  C.  Kean,  of  ^lad- 
ison  Co.,  Va.,  and  has  issue: 

(a)  Paidine  G.,  mar.,  Aug.  17,  1910,  Edwin  Sherwood 
Stonnell,  of  Occoquan,  Va. ;  issue,  Edward  Sherwood,  Jr. 

(b)  Turner,  b.  July  11,  1893,  is  still  single  (1918),  and 
lives  with  his  father  at  Bucton,  Va.  He  has  kindly 
furnished  the  details  of  this  branch  of  the  family. 

(c)  Harry,  unmarried  (1918). 

(7)  Wilmer,  h.  April  7,  1860,  mar..  Sept.  5,  1894,  Adelaide  Hutch¬ 
inson,  b.  April  27,  1866,  in  Greulthoy,  A'orkshire  Co.,  England, 
and  has  issue : 


8S 


Descendaiifs  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


(a)  Calvin  Hutchinson,  h.  Jan.  15,  1905,  in  Warren  Co.,  Va. 

(b)  Ashby  Grandison,  h.  Sept.  26,  1907,  in  Warren  Co.  Va. 
(S)  iMattie,  b.  Feb.  20,  1864,  mar.,  Dec.  23,  1884,  Samuel  S.  Sant- 

mver.  b.  March  21,  1849,  and  has  issue: 

(a)  Henry,  h.  April  11,  >885,  d.  April  12,  1885. 

(b)  Mabel,  twin  with  Henry,  d.  Sept.  26,  1886. 

(c)  Selby  S.,  b.  July  26,  1888,  mar.  Blanche  Elizabeth 
Krauss,  of  Wilming'ton,  Del.,  and  has  issue:  Martha 
Susan,  b.  Jan.  2,  1890;  Dora  Silesia,  h.  Aug.  5,  1892, 
mar.  E.  H.  Lattin,  of  IMuskegon,  Mich.;  Jessie  Mae,  b. 
Jan.  21,  1894;  Frederick  Catlett,  b.  Feb.  8,  1896,  mar. 
Stella  Page,  of  Wilmington,  Del.;  Hilda  Adeline,  b. 
June  12,  1905,  d.  March  10,  1906;  Sanford  Ennalls,  b. 
Dec.  24,  1906. 

(  9)  Sandy,  1).  Jan.  24,  1862,  d.  s.  p. 

(10)  Sally,  h.  Dec.  13,  1866,  d.  s.  p. 

Descendants  of  Henry  and  Miriam  (Calmes)  Catlett. 

Henrv  Catlett,  b.  Feb.  8.  1758,  d.  Dec.  15,  1826,  at  his  farm, 
White  Post,  Frederick  Co.,  Ya.,  which  farm  he  inherited  from  his 
uncle,  Peter  Catlett,  who  patented  same  in  1759  (See  page  52), 
and  who  married  Ann  Calmes,  the  aunt  of  Miriam  Calmes,  b.  Dec. 
12,  1758,  d.  Feb.  26,  1825,  dan.  of  Wm.  Calmes,  d.  1773,  and  Lucy 
iYeville,  b.  1732,  d.  1789,  whom  Henry  married  Dec.  8,  1782.  Peter 
and  Ann  (Calmes)  Catlett  left  no  issue.  Peter’s  will,  dated  1875, 
probated  1791,  after  giving  legacies  to  sons  of  his  brothers, 
James  and  Eoht.  Catlett,  leaves  the  larger  part  of  his  estate,  in¬ 
cluding  the  farm  “White  Post,”  to  his  nephew,  Henry,  son  of  his 
brother,  Eobert  Catlett.  Both  Henry  and  his  wife  are  buried  at 
“White  Post.”  They  had  issiie; 

(1)  Molly  Ann,  b.  Jan.  2,  1784,  mar.,  Dec.  22,  1809,  her  cousin, 
Horatio  G.  Catlett,  of  Catlettsburg,  Ky.,  son  of  Alexander  and 

Susannah  (Hanson)  Catlett.  For  issue  see  back. 

(2)  Isabella,  mar.  Jas.  V.  Glass.  Ho  issue. 

(3)  Calmes,  b.  Hov.  14,  1786,  d.  April  6,  1841,  at  Morgansfield, 
Ky.  He  was  lieutenant  commander  at  Fredericksburg,  Va., 
July  15,  1813,  Eoht.  Carter  Burwell,  captain  ;  subsequently  he 
was  captain.  i\Iar.  at  Morgansfield,  Ky.,  Fannie  Madison,  b. 
Oct.  15,  1797,  d.  Feb.  4,  1837,  dan.  of  George  C.  and  Letitia 
Buck  Catlett,  who  moved  from  Frederick  Co.,  Va.,  to  Morgans¬ 
field,  Ky.,  in  1816  (See  Letter).  Fannie  Madison  was  so 

.  named,  according  to  a  tradition  in  the  family,  by  President 
IMadison,  who  was  travelling  on  horseback  through  Frederick 
Co.,  and  stopped  for  the  night  at  her  father’s  house.  The  “little 
l)ahy  girl”  was  brought  out.  and  at  his  reqiiest  she  was  called 
Fannie  Madison.  Capt.  Calmes  Catlett,  after  the  war  closed. 


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moved  to  St.  Joe,  Mo.,  where  he  lived,  dying  while  on  a  visit 
to  Morgansfield,  Ky.,  in  1841.  Issue; 

(a)  Ann  Letitia,  b.  Xov.  19,  1817,  d.  191'2.  at  St.  Joe,  ^lo., 
in  her  95th  year,  the  last  of  her  immediate  family. 

(b)  Hemingway,  b.  Xov.  27,  1820.  and  died  in  Pembroke, 
Christian  Co.,  Ivy.,  mar.  David  Ilord,  and  had  issue : 
Calmes,  Fanny,  d.  1808 ;  Annie,  Thos.,  Elizabeth, 
David,  ^lamie,  Harry. 

(c)  Isabella  Kiehardson,  h.  Oc‘t.  3.  1822,  at  Morgansfield, 
Ky.,  d.  July  18,  1898,  at  Windsor,  Mo.,  mar.,  Oct.  1. 
1840,  at  Ho])kinsville,  Ky.,  Thomas  Deane  Page,  and  had 

•  issue:  (I)  Fanny  Catlett,  h.  Aug.  12,  1845,  in  Logan 
Co.,  Ky.,  (mar.  Oct.  28,  1874,,  in  Bates  Co.,  iMo..  Win. 
i\I.  ]\[cCown,  and  has  IMay  Belle  McCown,  b.  Sept.  27, 
1875,  of  Windsor,  i\Io.,  who,  with  her  mother,  has  fur¬ 
nished  much  valuable  information  on  this  branch  of  the 
family);  (II)  Henry  Casey,  b.  Dec.  27.  1849  (mar. 
Maude  G.  Crews,  and  has  issue:  Roy,  Archibald  Carey, 
Harry,  Russell,  infant,  Roger  [mar.  IVaketta  [Major  and 
has  Roger,  Jr.],  Francis,  d.,  all  iiiKansas  City,  ^lo.. 

(III)  Jennie  Deane,  b.  Aug.  27,  1851,  d.  July  8,  11855; 

(IV)  Tbos.  Deane,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  20,  1853,  mar. - , 

d.  1915;  (V)  Calmes  Catlett,  b.  April  24.  185(i.  d.  [May 
28,  1883;  (VT)  Carter  Page,  b.  Jan.  22.  1858.  d.  Aug. 
30,  1870;  (VIT)  Isabella,  b.  April  22,  1859  (mar.  Oc¬ 
tavius  Parker;  issue,  Robt.,  Edgar  Randolpb,  Harold 
Page.  Xoel  Winston,  Mayonne  Virginia ;  all  live  in  Berk¬ 
ley.  Cal.)  ;  (VIII)  John  Crittendon,  b.  Feb.  12,  1801. 

(d)  Miriam,  b.  Oct.  3,  1822,  d.  July  13,  1840,  while  visiting 
her  aunt,  [Mrs.  Coombs,  at  Independence,  [Mo. 

(c)  Henry,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1820.  d.  Aug.  30.  1833. 

(f)  Dr.  Geo.  Calmes,  b.  June  18,  1829,  d.  1880,  in  St.  Joe, 

Mo.  He  was  Supt.  State  Hospital  Xo.  2  and  was  a  dis- 
tinguisbed  physician.  He  mar.  Amelia  Culver  and 
had  issue  (I)  Corinne  Belle,  d.  1911,  mar.  Dr.  Alfred 
P.  Busey,  for  many  years  with  State  Asylum  Xo.  2,  of 
Mo.,  then  with  State  Asylum,  Pueblo,  Col.,  and  now  in 
charge  of  asylum  for  idiotic  children  at  Ridge,  Col. — “a 
very  able  man.”  Issue:  Corinne  Xeville.  b.  1880,  mar., 
1908,  Robt.  S.  Gast,  attorney  at  law  in  Pueblo,  Col.,  and 
has  Eliza  Busey,  b.  1909,  and  Chas.  Edwin,  b.  1913;  Al¬ 
fred  P.,  Jr.,  b.  1883,  mar.,  1915, - — ;  Geo.  Cat¬ 

lett.  b.  1880;  Jeannette  Anabell,  b.  1888)  ;  (II)  Ilenrv, 
d.  immarried ;  (III)  Geo.  Calmes,  d.  unmarried;  (IV) 
Jeannette. 

(g)  Calmes  Xeville,  b.  Xov.  19,  1832,  d.  Aug.  30,  1835. 

(b)  Henry,  b.  April  11,  1835,  d.  189 — . 


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Descendanis  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


(  4  )  ^liriani,  cl.  at  “Wliite  Post,”  Va.,  over  90  years  old. 

(  5  )  Henrietta,  will  June  3,  1830,  prob.  1833,  in  Frederick  Co., 
Ya.,  mentions  sister,  Susan  Neville. 

(  6  )  Henry,  lived  and  died  unmarried  at  “White  Post,”  Ya. 

(  7  )  Lucy,  mar.  Wm.  Stevenson,  a  wealthy  man  of  Baltimore, 
Md.  Issue:  Lucy,  Yirginia  and  others. 

(  8  )  Sarah,  d.  unmarried  in  Yirginia. 

(  9  )  Elizabeth,  mar.  Jas.  H.  Sowers  and  left  no  issue. 

(10)  Susan  Neville,  mar.  Dr.  E.  Coombs,  of  Independence,  Mo., 
and  left  no  issue. 

Descendants  of  Geo.,  b.  1770,  Son  of  Robt.,  b,  1721,  d.  1803,  and  His  Wife, 
Mary  Floyd  (Iiiving  in  1816)  Catlett,  of  Fredericdr  County,  Va., 
and  His  Wife,  Letitia  Buck  (Daughter  of  Chas  and 
Mary  (Richardson)  Buck) . 

Mary  Eichardson  was  dau.  of  Wm.  and  Isabella  (Calmes)  Eich- 
ardson.  Isabella  Calmes,  d.  June  10,  1796,  was  dau.  of  Marquis 
Calmes,  the  Huguenot  imgt.,  and  his  wife,  Winnifred  Waller.  They 
moved  to  Kentucky  in  1816  and  settled  near  Morganstield,  “where 
lie  acquired  several  large  farms.”  He  gave  one  to  each  of  his  chil¬ 
dren.  “His  own  ran  down  to  the  town  and  is  still  a  beautiful  place.” 
“The  one  he  gave  our  father  is  quite  near.”  (Mrs.  Letitia  Pinner’s 
[granddaughter  of  G-eo.]  letter.)  Issue: 

(1)  Fannie  Madison,  h.  1797,  d.  1837,  mar.,  1818,  Capt.  Calmes 
Catlett,  b.  1786,  d.  1841,  at  Morganstield,  Ky.,  while  on  a  visit 
there.  He  was  her  cousin,  the  son  of  Henry,  b.  1758,  d.  1836, 
and  Miriam  Calmes,  b.  1758,  of  “White  Post,”  Frederick  Co., 
Ya.  For  issue  see  “Calmes  Catlett.” 

(3)  Diary,  mar.  Dr.  Sutton,  professor  in  the  University  of  Ky.  at 
Lexington  and  the  author  of  several  standard  medical  works. 

(3)  Henrietta,  mar.  Joseph  Major,  of  Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  and  had 
issue,  one  of  whom,  Mary  Eliza,  mar.  her  cousin,  John  Newton 
Catlett,  given  below. 

(4)  Thos.  Washington,  b.  1796,  in  Frederick  Co.,  Ya.,  came  with 
his  father  in  1816  to  Ky.  and  settled  near  Morganstield,  where 
he  mar.  his  first  wife,  Isabella  Fields  Helm,  dau.  of  Wm.  Helm, 
of  “Helmsby,”  near  Yersailles,  Ky.,  whose  parents  were  Yir- 
ginians,  and  settled  in  Woodford  Co.,  Ky.  Issue : 

(a)  Helen,  mar.  Judge  Skinner,  of  “Kuttawa,”  “one  of  the 

most  beautiful  homes  in  Ky.,”  and  had :  Bartlett,  Fred¬ 
erick  (mar. - ,  and  has  Frederick,  Jr.,  a  lawyer 

in  .Newport  News,  Ya.),  Eliza,  and  perhaps  others. 

(b)  Letitia,  b.  1831,  mar.  Dr.  Pinner.  She  was  injured  in 
an  automobile  accident  in  1914.  She  lives  at  Eddyville, 

Ky.  Issue :  Fred,  d.  y. ;  Thomas,  mar. - ,  and 

has  one  son,  Dodridge  Helm,  of  Nashville,  Tenn,  and 
Belle,  mar.  Dr.  Hussey,  of  Eddyville,  Ky. 


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(c)  Marian,  mar. - Cobb.  No  issue. 

(d)  Jobn  Newton,  mar.  Mary  Eliza  Major,  his  cousin. 
Issue:  Belle,  Henry,  d.  1889  (mar.  Hattie  Hite;  no 
issue)  ;  Forest  (mar.  Willie  Garrett;  issue,  Nellie  Belle, 
mar.  Lucius  B.  Webb,  and  F.  Newton)  ;  Etta  Marian, 
of  35-t  Pulliam  street,  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  Eobert,  d.  1891. 

(e)  Hervey,  d.  1906,  a  Mexican  War  Veteran. 

Thos.  Washington  mar  (II)  Louisa  Clark,  “one  of 
the  most  rarely  cultivated  women  1  have  ever  known,  a 
descendant  of  Oliver  Cromwell,”  says  IMrs.  Sallie  Powell 
Catlett.  Issue: 

(f)  George,  d.,  of  IMineral  Mound  Farm,  near  Eddyville, 
Ky.,  mar.  Sallie  Powell,  of  Princeton,  Ky.,  a  most 
brilliant  woman,  who  has  furnished  much  family  data, 
issue:  Corinne,  b.  1890,  mar.,  Jan.,  1915,  Jesse  Guyer 
Stevens,  a  lawyer,  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah;  Powell 
Clark,  b.  March  1892,  mar.,  1916,  Cora  1).  Eldred  and 
has  Dorothy  D.,  b.  Oct.,  1917;  George  Poindexter,  b. 
1894,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  now  in  U.  S.  Army  in  France. 

(g)  Ollie  Clark,  mar.  Effie  Bowman,  of  Eddyville,  Ky.  Issue : 
Mary,  Henry,  Eobert,  Ollie,  Laura,  and  Laina  Belle. 

(5)  Dr.  Henry,  mar.  IMary  Buck,  of  Hickman,  Ky.,  and  died  with 
yellow  fever,  s.  p. 

(6)  Eebecca,  mar.  Armistead  Ludwell  Churchill,  b.  Oct.  27,  1910, 
of  Louisville,  Ky.,  a  brother  of  Major  Gen’l  Thomas  James 
Churchill,  C.  S.  A.,  and  Governor  of  Arkansas,  and  of  IMrs.  Dr. 
Luke  P.  Blackburn,  whose  husband  was  Governor  of  Kentucky, 
and  had : 

(a)  Samuel,  of  Nohester,  IMo.,  mar.  Elizabeth  Finney. 

(h)  George,  d.  y. 

(c)  Letitia,  mar.  Chas.  Buck. 

(d)  Henry,  mar.  (I)  Virginia  Owsley  and  had  Lida,  mar. 
Theo.  Evans  and  had  Churchill  (d)  and  Herman;  mar. 
(II)  IMissouri  Campbell  and  had  Sam’l  Barber  and 
Mary -lane ;  mar.  (Ill)  Sarah  Barber. 

(e)  Fanny,  mar.  Dr.  Calmes  and  settled  in  Arkansas. 


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Descendant.'^  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


OTHER  CATLETTS. 


In  the  census  of  North  Carolina  for  IfhO  there  occurs,  in  the 
Halifax  District,  Franklin  county,  the  name  of  Dahorne  Catlett, 
with  one  white  male  over  1(5  years  of  age,  one  white  male  under  16 
and  one  white  female. 

In  the  census  of  South  Carolina  for  1790  one  finds  in  the  Cheraw 
District  the  name  of  John  Catlett  with  one  white  male  over  16  years 
of  age,  one  white  male  under  16,  and  four  white  females. 

Allusion  has  already  been  made  to  a  John  Catlett  who  patented 
lands  in  Burke  county,  Ga.,  in  1767,  and  in  1774  John  and  Wm. 
Catlett  protesting  agaijist  action  of  the  “Liberty  Boys”  in  the  same 
county.  Again,  a  John  Catlett  matriculated  in  the  University  of 
Penn-sylvania  in  1779  and  graduated  in  1782,  and  recently  informa¬ 
tion  has  been  sought  by  the  authorities  of  that  institution  as  to 
whether  he  was  from  A^irginia  or  Kentucky.  Up  to  this  date  no 
member  of  the  Catlett  family  is  recorded  as  having  gone  to  Ken¬ 
tucky,  and  yet  there  is  no  record  of  such  a  student  from  Virginia. 
Is  it  possible  that  he  was  the  son  of  the  John  who  was  in  Brarke 
county,  Ga.,  in  1767? 

It  is  difficult  to  place  all  of  the  above  without  assuming  more 
descendants  of  David  and  Elizabeth  Catlett,  or  of  Thomas  Catlett, 
the  minor  son  of  the  immigrant,  yet  careful  examination  of  all  the 
early  records  fails  to  throw  any  light  on  this  subject. 

There  is  a  large  family  in  Georgia,  Arkansas  and  Mississippi, 
that  have  records  showing  descent  from  a  John  Catlett,  of  Green¬ 
ville  District,  S.  C.  The  legend  goes  that  Wm.  and  John,  sons 
of  John,  left  orphans  early  in  life,  were  adopted  by  two  men,  who 
subsequently  “fell  out,”  and  John’s  “boss”  took  him  to  Kentucky, 
from  whom  probably  descends  Jasper  L.  Catlett,  of  Vincennes,  Ind. 
(which  see). 

After  AVm.  was  grown  he  moved  to  Jackson  county,  Ga.,  where 

he  married  Olivia  N - .  About  1825  they  moved  to  Walker 

county,  Ga.,  and  settled  near  Pidgeon  Mt.  and  opened  up  a  road 
across  the  mountain  in  the  direction,  of  Lookout  Mountain,  now 
callled  “Catlett’s  Gap.” 

William  died  in  1856.  They  had  nine  children,  viz : 

(1)  Wm.,  d.  72  years  old  in  Walker  Co.,  Ga.,  leaving  five  sons  and 
two  daughters,  whose  descendants  are  living,  mainly  in  Logan 

Co.,  Ark.,  viz  (a)  Berry,  d.,  mar. - ;  (b)  Calvin,  d., 

mar. - ;  (e)  AVashington,  mar.  -  Morgan  and  hacl 

Lance,  Reiiben,  Martha  and  Mary;  (d)  Lance  mar  - 

Fuller;  (e)  Posey,  mar. - Puller;  (f)  Frances,  mar.  Reuben 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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Satterfield  and  had  two  children;  (g)  Margaret,  mar. - 

and  has  a  son  and  daughter,  both  having  families. 

(2)  Alsey,  mar. - and  moved  from  Jackson  Co.,  Ga.,  to 

La.  and  lived  near  Clinton  (according  to  Gen’l  Howell  Carter, 

who  knew  him  when  a  hoy),  and  had  Mary,  mar  -  Coon 

and  Susan,  mar.  Xoah  Whittington,  a  sugar  planter  near  Baton 
Rouge. 

(3)  Ezekiel,  mar.  twice,  the  second  time  during  the  Civil  War,  and 
died  after  the  war  near  Artesia,  Miss.,  leaving  three  children. 

(4)  Clark,  d.  in  Jackson  Co.,  Ga.,  and  left  John  and  Benjamin, 
who  moved  to  Marshall,  Texas,  where  they  now  live. 

(5)  Dr.  and  Col.  John,  b.  May  15,  1800,  d.  1886.  (See  below.) 

(6)  Rebecca. 

(7)  Elizabeth. 

(8)  Polly. 

(9)  Olivia,  d.  y. 

Dr.  and  Col.  John,  above,  b.  1800,  d.  1880,  mar.  three  times,  (I) 

Sept.  12,  1819,  Amelia  M - ,  and  had  (a)  Hettie  A.,  d.  y. ;  (b) 

Amanda  C.,  mar.  E.  Little,  d.  1863;  (e)  Harriet,  mar.  F.  Jones; 

(d)  Olivia  G.,  mar. - Russell;  (e)  John  M.,  of  Walker  Co.,  Ga., 

mar.  Jessie  James  and  had  Angeline,  d.  y. ;  John  F.,  mar.  Ellen 
Gaboon  and  had  three  sons  and  three  daughters,  all  of  Walker  Co., 

Ga. ;  Lucy  A.,  mar. - Kingman  and  has  four  children,  and  Wm., 

mar.  and  has  two  children;  (f)  Richard  M.,  mar. - Wallen  and 

had  Wm.  G.  and  Samuel;  (g)  Sarah  E.,  mar. - Madarions;  (h) 

Theodore  L.,  d.  unmar;  (i)  Amelia,  d.  y. ;  (j)  Ezekiel,  mar.  - 

Antry  and  had  Jno.  R.,  mar. - Clifton  and  has  issue,  and  Rich¬ 
ard,  mar. - Bell  and  had  issue  living  in  Cherry  Valley,  Ark. 

Dr.  and  Col.  John  mar.  (II)  Sept.  9,  1843,  Hester  A.  Dean  and 
had  (k)  Rev.  Wm.  A.,  b.  1844,  mar.,  1869,  Sarah  A.  Wallin  and 

had  issue  (See  below)  ;  (1)  A.  L.,  a  teacher,  mar.  (I)  - Roberts, 

(II)  -  Hadene  and  had  Jas.  L.,  now  living  in  the  State  of 

Washington;  (m)  F.  L.,  mar - Slocum;  (n)  Jas.  L.,  mar. - 

-  and  had  Alsey  and  Richard,  of  Springfield,  IMo. ;  Diary  mar. 

-  Colquit,  Eva  mar.  -  Pearson,  and  Lula  mar.  -  Pitts; 

(o)  Jno.  L.,  mar. - Barnes  and  had  Barnes  and  Jasper. 

Dr.  and  Col.  John  mar.  (Ill)  Aug.  19,  1869,  Xancy  G.  Fuller 

and  had  (p)  Joseph  E.,  mar. - Hawk,  and  (q)  Xancy,  mar. - - 

Ushman. 

Rev.  Wm.  A.  Catlett,  above,  was  h.  1844,  in  Walker  Co.,  Ga.,  mar. 
there  in  1869,  Sarah  X.  Wallin,  and  later  moved  to  Cross  Co.,  Ark. 
He  was  for  some  time  a  mini.ster  in  the  DIethodist  church,  hut 
changed  to  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  faith  and  is  now  a  minister 
in  this  church.  He  lives  at  Wynne,  Ark.,  and  has  kindly  furnished 
me  with  this  incomplete  and  unsatisfactory  account  of  his  brancli. 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


Tliev  liavc  issue :  J ohn  Monroe,  mar.  Martha  Woods  and  has  Hettie 

Bell,  mar. - Garnett,  of  Paragonld,  Ark.,  and  has  two  children, 

dames  G.  L.,  mar.  Nora  White  and  has  Wm.  Lawrence  and  Lucile; 
Bichard,  mar.  Mollie  Thompson  and  has  one  child;  Jessie,  mar. 
Helen  Hamsen  and  has  Theodosia,  Mabel,  Frederick,  Cora,  Loye 
and  Ida  Lee;  Wm.  H.,  d.  y. 

Dr.  and  Col.  John,  above,  had  18  children,  64  grandchildren  and 
28  great-grandchildren.  He  was  a  practicing  physician  of  Walker 
Co.,  Ga.,  until  late  in  life,  when  he  removed  to  Arkansas,  where  he 
died.  He  was  appointed  colonel  commanding  the  forces  which 
transferred  the  Cherokees  from  North  Georgia  to  Indian  Territory. 

AN  INDIANA  BBANCH. 

The  following  extract  from  the  letter  of  Mr.  Jasper  L.  Catlett, 
of  Vincennes,  Ind.,  does  not  fully  coincide  with  the  facts  given 
above,  hut  shows  a  similar  origin  of  his  branch  and  an  entire 
ignorance  of  his  grandfather.  It  is,  therefore,  uncertain  whether 
his  father  came  from  this  same  branch.  The  occurrence  of  the 
unusual  name  of  Jasper  in  both  branches  may  be  suggestive  of  sim¬ 
ilar  origin : 

“Vincennes,  Ind.,  Feb.  14,  1916. 
“Wm.  C.  Stubbs,  New  Orleans,  La. 

“Dear  Sir — My  father’s  people  originally  came  from  Virginia  to 
Kentucky  or  Tennessee,  and  his  father  died,  when  he  was  an  infant, 
in  one  of  these  States.  His  mother  came  North  to  this  city  with 
him  and  he  was  taken  and  raised  by  a  man  by  the  name  of  Timms, 
and  practically  spent  his  entire  life  near  this  city.  After  becoming 
of  age  he  learned  the  blacksmith  trade  and  followed  it  for  30  or  35 
3mars,  and  then  went  to  farming  on  a  farm  in  Illinois,  which  we 
still  own. 

“He  was  born  in  1820,  and  was  about  60  years  old  when  he  died. 
There  are  four  of  us  children — Jasper  L.,  Harlen,  Emma  and  John. 
I  was  born  in  1860 

“As  for  grandparents  on  my  father’s  side,  I  have  no  trace  of  them, 
as  I  said  before  he  was  only  a  small  child  when  his  father  died. 

“Hoping  to  hear  from  you,  I  am,  Yours  truly, 

“J.  L.  Catlett.” 


Dr.  II.  D.  Catlett,  of  We.st  Monroe,  La.,  has  given  the  following 
imperfect  account  of  his  branch,  with  the  request  that  I  write  his 
mother  for  fuller  information.  Several  letters  addressed  to  his 
mother  have  failed  to  elicit  a  response,  hence  this  incomplete  ac¬ 
count  is  given. 

His  grandparents  were  William  Catlett  and  Louisa  Culpepper, 
with  many  children,  among  them  his  father,  Wm.  Simson  Catlett, 


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mar.  Beatrice  J.  Bland  and  live  at  Toomsuba,  Miss.  Issue:  (a) 
Theodosia,  mar.  J.  H.  Sims,  of  Meridian,  Miss.;  (b)  Irene,  mar. 

- Harden;  (c)  Wm.  C.  Catlett,  of  Toomsuba,  Miss.;  (d)  S.  L. 

Catlett,  of  Kewonee,  Miss.;  (e)  Dr.  H.  D.  Catlett,  of  West  Monroe, 
La.,  mar.  by  Eev.  W.  P.  Tardy,  Mrs.  Emma  K.,  widow  of  A.  H. 
Griffin,  of  Monroe,  La.,  and  has  Beatrice  A.,  Kathleen,  dy  y.;  Hen¬ 
rietta,  McVea,  Eoyster,  d.  y.,  and  Carrie  Catlett. 


John,  of  Jessamine  Co%inty,  Ky. — early  in  the  history  of  Ken¬ 
tucky  a  John  Catlett  went  from  Virginia  to  Jessamine  County,  Ky. 
His  descendants  are  numerous  and  scattered  throughout  Kentucky. 
l\Ir.  John  L.  Catlett,  of  Coburg,  Ky.,  who  has  recently  lost  his  wife, 
leaving  him  six  young  children,  says  he  is  the  son  of  James,  who 
had,  besides  himself,  four  sons  and  five  daughters;  that  James  was 
the  son  of  Charles  and  grandson  of  John,  the  immigrant,  to  Jes¬ 
samine  county,  Ky.  He  says  that  this  John  had  also  five  sons  and 
five  daughters.  Among  those  whose  names  he  recalls,  besides  his 
grandfatlier  Charles,  are  Washington,  died  in  Kentucky ;  Eichard, 
went  to  Illinois,  and  Eliza  and  Betsie,  of  the  daughters. 

He  refers  me  to  Geo.  Catlett,  of  Washington  county,  Ky.,  as  one 
of  the  descendants  of  John  who  could  give  fuller  information,  but 
lettters  to  him  are  still  unanswered. 

The  names  of  Charles  and  James  suggest  descent  from  Charles, 
of  Frederick  county,  Ya.,  the  son  of  James,  who  early  patented  lands 
in  Jefferson  county,  Ky.,  which  were  sold  after  his  death  by  his  son 
Charles  and  other  children. 


Mr.  Wm.  B.  Catlett,  of  Inverness,  Miss.,  writes  as  follows: 

“I  am  sorry  to  say  that  I  know  nothing  of  my  father’s  people. 
He  married  my  mother,  Julia  Bradley,  in  Franklin  county,  IMiss., 
about  1869.  They  oidy  had  two  children — myself  and  a  little  girl, 
who  lived  only  a  few  months.  My  mother  died  when  I  was  about 
three  years  old,  after  which  my  father  and  I  made  our  home  with 
my  mother’s  relatives.  My  father  died  in  1882,  when  I  was  only 
eleven  years  old.  I  don’t  remember  ever  hearing  him  speak  of  his 
early  life,  but  I  think  now  that  there  must  have  been  some  reason 
why  he  never  talked  of  the  past.  He  was  very  quiet  and  reserved. 
*  *  *  I  have  pictures  of  him  and  specimens  of  his  handwriting. 

]\Iy  father’s  name  was  Eobert  C.  Catlett.  I  would  be  very  glad  if 
I  could  trace  his  ancestry  back,  and  if  you  can  give  any  information 
I  would  appreciate  it  very  much.  Please  let  me  hear  from  you  at 
once.  Amurs  truly,  W.  B.  Catlett.” 

Mr.  Catlett  has  a  son,  Eobert,  who  lives  with  him.  Xo  definite 
information  has  been  secured  of  Mr.  Catlett’s  ancestry. 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


THE  rOLLOWING  CATLETTS  HAVE  NOT  BEEN  PLACED: 

Alhert  C.  Catlett,  major  3rd  Tenn.  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A.,  in  Civil 
War. 

Boht.  Catlett,  of  London,  Sevier  county,  Tenn.,  to  whom  letters 
addressed  have  been  unanswered. 

In  the  Louisville,  Ivy.,  City  Directory  the  following  names  occur, 
but  letters  to  each  have  failed  to  elicit  further  information : 

Henry  D.  Catlett,  manager,  r.  3005  Grand  avenue. 

Jno.  ID  Catlett,  inspector  Sou.  By.  Co.,  r.  2619  W.  Walnut  street. 

Jno.  E.  Catlett,  r.  1013  S.  Floyd  street. 

Van  R.  Catlett,  r.  1463  Hazel  street. 

It  is  extremely  annoying  to  know  that  there  are  members  of  this 
family  who  could  throw  much  light  upon  their  branches,  and  thus 
aid  in  completing  a  record  of  this  large  family,  who  will  not  respond 
to  repeated  inquiries  for  information. 

Therefore  the  writer  closes  this  pamphlet,  which  he  has  spent 
many  years  in  preparing,  with  much  regret  at  its  incompleteness; 
but,  in  justice  to  so  many  of  its  members  who  have  freely  given  full 
information,  he  cannot  longer  withhold  it  from  publication. 

It  is,  therefore,  presented  to  the  Catlett  Family  with  many  thanks 
and  many  regrets. 


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UNDEEWOOD— Note. 

Capt.  William^  Underwood,  Sr.,  mar.  Margaret - ,  name  un¬ 

known.  (She  mar.  [II]  Capt.  John  Upton,  will  prob.  1652,  and 
[III],  1656,  Capt,  Thomas  Lucas,  will  prob.  1673,  both  of  whom 
were  widowers.) 

Issue,  Underwood  (none  by  the  others)  ;  William,^  Mary,-  Eliza¬ 
beth,’  Margaret,^  Anne,^  and  Sarah,^  as  follows : 

I.  William’  Underwood,  Jr.,  grant  1650,  mentions  ‘‘wife  Mary 

and  son  William.”  He  mar.  (II)  Elizabeth  - and  was  burgess 

of  Lancaster  Co.  1652,  and  had  also  son,  John. 

II.  Elizabeth^  Underwood,  will  1673,  mar.  (I)  1652,  Francis 
Slaughter  (will,  Va.  Hist.  Mag.,  V,  283)  burgess,  d.  1656;  mar.  (II) 
1657,  Col.  John  Catlett,  d.  1670;  mar.  (HI),  1671,  Eev.  Amory 
Butler  (will  1678). 

HI.  Mary’  Underwood,  mar.  Capt.  Thomas  Hawkins,  who  was 
dead  1676.  (Hening,  II,  416.) 

IV.  Margaret^  LTnderwood,  m.  1663,  Capt.  Humphrey  Booth, 
“gent,”  Justice  in  Eappahanock  Co.  1656.  Issu€‘  Humphrey,  Grace 
and  Catherine,  who  mar.  Eobert  Brooke,  of  Essex  Co.  (Lancaster  Co. 
Eecords,  Sept.,  1653,  mention  “Humphrey  Booth,  of  London,  mer¬ 
chant.”) 

V.  Anne’,  mar.  James  Williamson,  gent.,  justice  Lancaster  Co., 
1652. 

VI.  Sarah^  Underwood,  mar.  Capt.  William  Pierce,  of  Westmore¬ 
land  Co.  (will  prob.  1702),  justice  1668.  He  was  brother  of  Jane 
Pierce,  the  third  wife  of  John  Eolfe.  (William  and  Mary  Quarterly, 
IX,  270.)  Their  daughter  Mary  mar.  Edward  Eowzie  (\yill  1719). 

William’  Underwood,  Jr.  (above)  had  son,  John®  Underwood, 
will  proved.  King  George  Co.,  April  5,  1722;  executors:  wife,  Eliz¬ 
abeth,  and  MTlliam  Underwood.  His  son,  William^  Underwood, 
will  prob.  King  George  Co.,  1772,  mentions,  “To  son  John,  not  of 
age,  the  negroes  given  by  Mrs.  Strother  to  said  son,  to  be  returned, 
in  case  of  his  death,  to  Mrs.  Strother,  or,  in  case  of  her  death,  to  her 
daughter,  Elizabeth  Strother.” 

Francis  Slaughter  (son  of  Mrs.  John  Catlett)  had  a  grant  of 
550  acres,  part  of  which,  100  acres,  he  devised  to  John  Underwood 
and  wife  Elizabeth.  They  conveyed  it,  in  1719,  to  Francis  Wofen- 
dall.  This  deed  was  recorded  in  King  George  Co.,  1743.  Francis 
Sl'augter’s  will  was  proved  in  Eichmond,  Co.,  1718.  He  and  wife 
Margaret  made  a  deed,  1699.  His  legatees  were  daughters,  Martha, 
Mary  and  Elizabeth.  ^Mentions  “brother-in-law”  John  Taylor. 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


UPTON— Note. 

Capt.  John  Upton,  will  prob.  1652;  witnesses,  William  Under¬ 
wood  and  Edward  Skinner.  He  was  born  1596  and  came  to  Vir¬ 
ginia  1622,  aged  26.  (Hotten’s  Emigrants.)  Bnrgess  1629.  Patent, 
Isle  of  Wight,  1,650  acres,  in  1635.  He  served  in  the  expedition 
against  Potomac  Indians  and  was  mint-master  general,  1645.  John 
Upton,  Jr.,  died  unmarried.  Capt.  Upton  then  bequeathed  his  estate 
to  the  Underwood  children  of  his  wife  (ante). 

LUCAS— Note. 

Capt.  Thomas  Lucas,  “gent.,”  will  14th  December,  1669,  prob. 
March,  1673.  His  grant  in  1652  was  for  600  acres,  and  among  the 
headrights  were  Thomas  Lucas,  Jr.,  and  Catherine  and  Sarah 
Eowzie.  His  sale  of  tobacco,  1653,  was  witnessed  by  John  Catlett 
(Lancaster  Eecords).  He  was  burgess  for  Eappahannock  Co., 
1657-63  (Henning,  I,  431).  His  will  was  dated  in  Sittingbourne 
par.,  Eappahannock,  and  speaks  of  himself  as  “aged.”  He  mar. 
(II),  1656,  Mrs.  Margaret  Upton,  widow  of  both  William  Under¬ 
wood  and  John  Upton.  His  legatees  were  son,  Thomas  Lucas,  Jr.; 
son-in-law  (i.  e.,  step-son-in-law),  John  Catlett ;son-in-law  (step- 
son-in-law),  Capt.  Thomas  Hawkins ;  sister-in-law,  Mrs.  Margaret 
Paine,  wife  of  Eobert  Paine. 


EOWZIE— Note. 

Ealph,  Edward  and  Sarah  Eowzie  came  with  their  brother,  John 
Catlett,  to  Virginia.  Of  these,  Ealph  Eowzie,  gent.,  bom  about 
1625,  was  dead  in  1663.  He  patented,  in  1650,  with  John  Catlett, 
400  acres  on  south  side  of  Eappahannock,  of  one-half  of  which  Col. 
John  Catlett  made  a  deed  in  1-663  to  Ealph  Eowzie,  Jr.  (son  of 
Ealph,  dec’d),  and  his  sister,  Sarah.  Witnesses,  Thomas  Hawkins 
and  James  Gaines. 

Ealph^  Eowzie,  Jr.,  will  28th  Sept.,  1716,  prob.  1719,  mentions 
wife  Margaret  and  the  following  children:  Ealph,  Beniamin,  John, 

Elizabeth,  Martha,  Margaret,  Mary,  Sarah,  mar. - Fenwick,  and 

Eebecca,  mar.  - Davis. 

Sarah^  Eowzie.  There  is  a  deed,  1663  of  John  Catlett  to  Ealph 
and  Sarah  Eowzie,  heirs  of  Ealph,  joined  by  Humphrey  Booth  and 
wife  Margaret.  One-half  is  to  be  returned  to  Catlett’s  heirs  if  the 
Eowzies  have  none. 

Edward^  Eowzie,  will  16th  Dec.,  1674,  prob.  Jan.  1677;  execu¬ 
trix,  wife  Mary.  To  son  Edward,  400  acres  at  head  of  Occupatia 
creek  when  he  comes  of  age.  To  sons  Lodowick  and  John,  the  land 
I  now  live  on  when  they  come  of  age.  To  daughters  Sarah  and  Eliza¬ 
beth,  1,000  acres  in  freshes  of  the  Eappahannock,  on  the  south  side, 
when  they  come  of  age  or  marry.  Witness :  Eobert  Pley  and  George 


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Rriice.  Issue:  Edward,®  Lodowick,®  Jolin,®  Sarah®  and  Elizabeth.® 
Of  these,  Edward®  Rowzie,  will  5th  Nov.,  1719,  prob.  17th  May, 
1720,  wife  ^lary,  who  mar.  (IT)  Henry  Oswald,  “chirurgeon”  will 
(1726),  name  the  following  children  of  Edward  Rowzie:  Edward,'* 
John,-*  Lodowick,*  l\Iary,'*  and  Elizabeth.*  (Hayden’s  Virginia 
Genealogies,  498.) 

Edward'*  Rowzie,  of  St.  Anne’s  par.,  Esse.x  Co.,  1724,  250  acres 
of  Francis  Browning  on  north  side  of  river  Po.  in  Spotsylvania,  for 
£40.  This  he  sold,  1725,  to  Thomas  Turner,  of  King  and  Queen  Co. 

John'*  Rowzie  and  wife  Mary,  of  Amherst  Co.,  July  5,  1766,  to 
James  Frazer,  183  acres  in  Spotsylvania,  for  £20.  (Spotsylvania 
Records.) 

Va.  Gazette,  Sept.  19,  1771:  “John  Spotswood,  Esq.,  of  Spotsyl¬ 
vania,  married  Miss  Sally  Rowzie,  youngest  daughter  of  Mr.  John 
Rowzie,  of  Essex  Co.”  He  was  son  of  John  and  grandson  of  Gov. 
Spotswood.  Edward  T.  Rowzie  married.  Sept.  20,  1798,  Dorothy 
Waller.  (Spotsylvania  Records.) 

GRAYSON,  of  Spotsylvania  County. 

John  Grayson,  of  Christ  (diurch  parish,  Lancaster  Co.,  bought 
500  acres  in  Spotsylvania  Co.  in  1714  of  William  Smith,  of  Glou¬ 
cester  Co.,  and  with  his  wife  Susannah  sold  200  acres  of  this  tract  to 
Ambrose  Grayson  in  1729.  He  died  173(),  leaving  sons  Thomas, 
John,  Jr.,  and  perhaps  others.  Executrix,  his  widow;  and  her  bonds¬ 
men  were  Ambrose  Grayson  and  Thomas  Hill.  (This  Thomas  Hill 
had  married  in  1731  Elizabeth  Grayson,  and  died  1741,  leaving 
daughters  Sarah  and  Susannah.  His  brother,  Humphrey  Hill,  his 
administrator.) 

October,  1725,  John  Grayson,  Jr.,  witnessed,  with  John  Catlett, 
William  Taliaferro  and  Francis  Slaughter,  a  deed  of  Augustine 
Smith  to  Jonathan  Gibson,  Jr.,  gent.,  of  Essex  Co.,  400  acres  in 
Spotsylvania,  for  £400.  In  1729  he  was  lieutenant  in  Capt.  IVilliam 
Hansford’s  company. 

In  1727  Ambrose  Grayson,  probably  brother  of  John,  patented 
100  acres  in  Spotsylvania.  He  and  M-ife  Alice  sold  this  tract  in 
1729,  and  in  that  year  Ambrose  Grayson,  gent.,  was  church  warden 
in  St.  George  parish,  and  also  witnessed  a  deed  of  Henry  Willis, 
gent.,  of  King  and  Queen  Co.,  to  Goodrich  Lightfoot.  In  1733  he 
and  wife  Alice  sold  to  IMatthew  Gayle,  of  Gloucester  Co.,  300  acres 
in  St.  George  parish,  and  in  1736  he  was  bondsman  for  l^[rs. 
Susannah  Grayson,  above.  His  will  (St.  George  parish,  Sept.  6, 
1742,  proh.  l\Iareh  6,  1713)  mentions  legatees:  wife,  Alice,  sons 
John  and  Ambrose,  and  “other  children.”  Executors:  wife,  brother 
Benjamin  Grayson,  and  son  John.  In  1754  the  non-cupative  will 
of  Ambrose  Grayson  bequeathed  “my  part  of  my  father’s  estate  to 
he  divided  between  my  unmarried  brothers  and  sisters,”  proved  1756. 


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Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


Oct.  20.  1'(’26,  Mary  Grayson  married  the  third  John  Catlett.  She 
was  probably  sister  of  Ambrose  and  Benjamin  Grayson. 

Benjamin  Grayson  was  of  age  1726,  and  living  1732. 

HAMPTON— Note. 

William  Hampton  had  a  patent  in  IMathews  (then  Gloucester 
Co.),  1657,  and  again  in  1698.  His  son,  Capt.  John-  Hampton, 
lived  at  “Hampfield,”  Kingston  parish,  on  Eastermost  river,  mar¬ 
ried,  before  1683,  Mary,  niece  of  John  Mann,  of  Gloucester  (will 
1694),  who  left  a  legacy  “to  my  cousin,  Mary  Hampton”  (cousin 
meaning  niece  in  ancient  times).  Issue:  John,®  Thomas,®,  William,® 
and  Eichard®  Hampton,  who  lived  in  Matthews  Co.  in  1735.  Of 
these, 

1.  John®  Hampton,  b.  Jime  3,  1683,  mar.  Margaret  Wade  and 
lived  in  Faifax  Co.,  Va.,  and  had  Eose,  Anthony,  and  probably 
others.  Of  these : 

1.  Eose^  Hampton  mar.  William  Winn  and  moved  to  South 

Carolina.  Her  daughters  mar. - Broughton,  Eobert  Stark, 

John  Hampton  and  Dr.  John  Hughes.  (Biclimond  Times- 
Dispatch.) 

2.  Anthony^  Hampton  mar.  Elizabeth  Preston  and  moved 
to  South  Carolina,  where  he  was  killed,  1776,  with  wife,  son 
Preston  and  a  Harrison,  grandchild.  Issue : 

I.  Elizabeth®  Hampton  mar.  James  Harrison,  ofthe  Eev. 
Army,  who  came  to  South  Carolina  with  his  brother.  Major 
Eichard  Harrison,  from  the  James  river,  Ya.  She  was  the 
mother  of  Mrs.  David  Moore,  of  Hmitsville,  Ala;  of  Thomas 
Harrison  (who  was  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Gen’l  Stephen  D.  Lee, 
C.  S.  A.),  and  also  of  Isham  Harrison,  of  Mississippi,  who  had 
thirteen  children,  among  them  James  E.  Harrison,  of  IVaco, 
Texas,  Brig.  Gen’l  C.  S.  A.,  and  of  Harriet,  who  mar.  Samuel 
Earle  Mem,  4th  Congi’ess,  IT.  S.  This  is  a  distinguished  Har¬ 
rison  family  in  the  South. 

II.  lYade®  Hampton,  Lieut.  Col.  Light  Dragoons  in  the 
Eevolution  (See  Book  of  Society  of  Cincinnati,  S.  C.)  ;  General 
in  war  1812.  His  son.  Col.  Wade®  Hampton,  mar.  Ann  Fitz¬ 
simmons  and  had,  among  others : 

1.  Caroline,"  mar.  Hon.  John  Smith  Preston  (b.  1809,  d. 
1881,  of  South  Carolina. 

2.  Gen’l  Wade"  Hampton  (b.  1818,  d.  1902),  mar.  (I)  Mar¬ 
garet,  dan.  of  Gen’l  Francis  Preston;  (mar.  (II)  Mary, 
dau.  of  Gov.  McDuffie,  of  South  Carolina.  Commanded 
the  “Hampton  Legion”  and  was  Lieut.  Gen’l  in  Civil  War 
and  Gov.  of  South  Carolina.  1876,  and  in  H.  S.  Senate 
1878. 


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3.  Susan  Frances/  mar.  (1838)  Gov.  John  Laurence  Man¬ 
ning,  of  S.  C.,  b.  181G,  d.  1889  (first  wife).  Issue,  three 
children : 

III.  Edward®  Hampton,  captain  in  Eevolution,  killed  by 
Tories,  1781,  mar.  Sarah,  dan.  of  Judge  Bayliss  Earle,  of  S.  C. 
Has  descendants  in  Georgia,  Mississippi  and  Texas. 

IV.  Henry®  Hampton,  captain  in  Revolution.  (Book  of 
Cincinnati.  S.  C.,  which  mentions  five  of  these  brothers.) 

V.  Richard®  Hampton,  lieutenant  colonel  Light  Dragoons 

VI.  John®  Hampton,  captain  S.  C.  Dragoons  in  Revolution. 
(McCall’s  Hist.  Ga.,  II,  312.) 

2.  Thomas®  Hampton,  of  Caroline  Co.,  Va.  His  home  was 
^^Hamptonville.”  Mar.  Mary  (Buckner?)  and  had: 

1.  John*  Hampton,  gent,  (the  only  son),  who  sold  “Hamp- 
field”  in  Mathews  Co.  to  Thomas  Hayes  in  1745.  His 
only  child  mar.  (1780)  Joseph  Latane  De  Jarnette,  of 
“Spring  Grove.”  Prof.  Abram  Penn  Staples,  of  Washing¬ 
ton  and  Lee  University,  is  a  descendant. 

2.  Mary*  Hampton  mar.  George  Catlett,  son  of  Thomas  and 
IMartha  Catlett,  of  Caroline  Co.  She  administered  his 
estate  in  1769. 

3.  William®  Hampton,  will  1746.  died  in  Stafford  Co.  1750,  lived 
in  Caroline  Co.  His  administrator  was  George  Catlett,  above,  whose 
sister,  Martha  Catlett,  was  his  wife. 

His  will  mentions  four  sons  and  three  daughters,  of  whom  Ed¬ 
ward  and  the  three  daughters  may  have  been  by  a  former  marriage. 
He  willed  his  entire  estate  to  wife  (Martha  Catlett),  viz:  “The 
home  plantation  in  Drysdale  parish,  Caroline  Co. ;  the  Indian  Old 
Field  plantation  in  King  William  Co. ;  the  Hampton  Quarters  in 
Stafford  Co.,  and  an  additional  280  acres  in  Stafford  Co.  and  435 
acres  in  Frederick  Co.”  Executors :  wife  IMartha,  son  Edward  and 
“wife’s  brother,  Mr.  George  Catlett.”  Her  will,  1761,  also  made  her 
brother,  George  Catlett,  executor. 

In  Caroline  Co.,  Order  Book,  March  12,  1761,  the  court  ap¬ 
pointed  Benjamin  Robinson,  Jr.,  Seth  Thompson.  Nicholas  Battaile 
and  Francis  Taliaferro  to  appraise  estate  of  IMartha  Hampton, 
widow,  dec’d.  Edward  Hampton,  the  son.  brought  suit  July  9, 
1762,  vs.  George  Catlett,  administrator  of  the  estate  of  his  father, 
IVilliam  Hampton,  unadministered  by  IMartha  Hampton.  He  again 
brought  suit  May,  1769.  vs.  ]\Iary  Catlett,  who  was  probably  ad¬ 
ministratrix  of  George  Catlett.  (Richmond  Tinies-D  is  patch,  Nov. 
26,  1911,  and  Caroline  Co.  Records,  folio  37.)  Issue : 

I.  Edward*  Hampton,  of  Caroline  Co.,  mar.  probably  a  i\riss 
Bxickner  and  had  son  Philip  Buckner,  mentioned  in  will,  who 


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Descendants  of  Cot.  John  Catlett. 


mar.  .Tuditli  Hammond,  and  their  daughter  mar.  Edward  Hern¬ 
don,  of  Spotsvlvania  Co. 

II.  George'*  Hampton,  mar.  Mary  Colston,  dan.  of  Jolm,  of 
Spotsylvania,,  and  lived  in  Frederick  Co.,  leaving  numerous 
descendants.  {Richmond  Times-D  is  patch,  Nov.  26,  1911.) 

III.  Thomas  CatletC  Hampton,  was  dead  in  1746,  leaving 
at  least  two  young  children.  His  descendants  are  in  King  Wil¬ 
liam  Co. 

IV.  John*  Hampton,  died  in  Stafford  Co.,  leaving  a  daiTgh- 
ter,  Sara,®  mar.  Edwartl  Gibson,  b.  1751  (their  children  lived 
in  Clarksville,  Tenn.),  and  George®  Hampton,  who  mar,  in 
Fauquier  Co.,  1782,  Mary  Nugent  Pollard.  Their  children 
also  live  in  Clarksville,  Tenn. 

V.  Susannah'*  Hampton,  mar.  John  Quarles  before  1746. 

VI.  Frances'*  Hampton,  mar.  Thomas  Buckner,  of  Caroline 
Co.  (hi§  2nd  wife),  and  had  son,  George  Thomas®  Buckner, 
mentioned  as  “grandson”  in  William  Hampton’s  will,  1746. 

VI.  Sarah*  Hampton,  mar.  Eichard  Durret,  of  Caroline  Co., 
before  her  father's  death,  1746. 

Note  I. — William  Hampton,  born  in  Prince  William  Co.,  Va., 
and  died  in  Ivy.,  1819  (probably  from  John  and  Margaret  [Wade] 
Hampton),  married  in  Alexandria,  Va.,  1803,  Malinda,  dan.  of 
Col.  George  Shortridge,  of  the  Eevolution,  and  wife,  Margaret  Muir, 
who  were  mar.  1778  in  Alexandria,  and  emigrated  to  Ky.,  1792, 
three  miles  above  Catlettsburg.  William  Hampton  settled  near  him 
and  had  issue  six  children : 

1.  Dr.  Henry  Hampton,  Jr. 

2.  George  Shortridge,  b.  1806,  d.  1876,  lawyer  and  on  Gen.  Eose- 
crans’  staff  in  Civil  War,  mar.  (I)  Sarah  Johnson,  of  Ky. ; 
(II)  Mrs.  Anna  F.  Hepburn,  dan.  of  Hanson  Catlett,  of  Cat¬ 
lettsburg,  Ky.,  and  had  son  by  first  marriage  and  George, 
Columbus  and  Catherine  by  second.  {Richmond  Times- 
Dispatch,  Dec.  10,  1911.) 

3.  Wade  Hampton. 

4.  Fevi  J.  Hampton,  kept  hotel  in  Catlettsburg. 

5.  Eev.  William  Hampton,  of  Catlettsburg,  grandfather  of  Mrs. 
Dr.  Joseph  L.  Miller,  of  Thomas,  Va.  (who  gave  these  notes). 

6.  Mrs.  Thomas  E.  Henderson,  of  Henderson,  Ky. 

Note  II. — Issue  of  George  and  Margaret  (Muir)  Shortridge,  of 
Ky.  (above)  : 

1.  George  Shortridge. 

2.  Eli  Shortridge,  lawyer  and  district  judge. 

3.  Malinda  Shortridge,  mar.,  1803,  William  Hampton  (above), 
b.  1779. 


Descendants  of  Col.  John  Catlett. 


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4. - Shortridge,  mar.  John  Chadwick,  and  their  daughter 

mar.  Joseph  Ewing,  who  came  from  Monroe  Co.,  Va.,  to 

Catlettsbnrg  1812  as  business  representative  of  the  Beirne 

Bros.,  whose  vast  business  extended  throughout  the  South 

from  New  Orleans  to  Virginia. 

CALMES— Note. 

Col.  William  Burwell,  of  Gloucester  Co.,  owned  several  thousand 
acres  in  Frederick  Co.  (in  what  is  now  Clarke  Co.).  He  met  at 
Williamsburg  (the  capital  of  Va.)  a  Huguenot  gentleman,Marquis 
Calmes,  with  whom  he  was  so  pleased  he  induced  him  to  settle  upon 
a  fine  tract  on  the  Shenandoah,  three  miles  east  of  Millwood,  join¬ 
ing  his  lands.  This  tract  Marquis  Calmes  called  the  “Vineyard 
Plantation”  and  planted  the  first  vineyard  in  the  valley.  He  had 
a  numerous  family.  Many  went  South  and  West.  Near  them  was 
settled  another  French  family  by  name  of  Marquis,  whose  descend¬ 
ants  were  also  numerous  in  the  valley,  as  the  tax  books  attest. 

Marquis  Calmes  was  horn  in  France,  1705,  came  to  Va.  1720,  and 
died  Sept,  10,  1773.  Married,  1725,  Winifred  Waller,  b.  1709,  d. 
Oct.  G,  1751,  daughter  of  William  Waller  (son  of  John,  of  West¬ 
moreland  Co.,  son  of  Col.  John  "Waller,  of  New  Kent,  the  immi¬ 
grant).  He  secured  a  large  grant  from  Lord  Fairfax,  in  which  was 
the  Vineyard  Plantation,  above.  Near  him  settled  the  Eiehardson, 
Buck,  Neville,  Ashby  and  other  families,  with  his  own  intermar¬ 
ried.  Issue :  Isabella,  William,  Marquis,  Anne  and  Elizabeth,  as 
follows : 

(1)  Isabella  Calmes,  d.  1796,  mar.  William  Eiehardson  and  had 
issue : 

(a)  Elizabeth,  b.  May  29,  1741,  mar.  Samuel  Price. 

(b)  Marian,  b.  Dec.  27,  1748,  mar.  Col.  John  Buck. 

(c)  Sarah,  b.  Jvdy  25,  1750,  mar.  Benj.  Combs. 

(d)  Mary,  b.  Aug.  31,  1752,  mar.  Charles  Buck,  half-brother 
to  Col.  John. 

(e)  John,  b.  March  12,  1754,  mar.  Sarah  Hall. 

(f)  Ann,  b.  Oct.  10,  1756,  mar.  Thomas  Buck,  half-brother 
of  Col.  John. 

(g)  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  7,  1760,  mar.  Catherine  Hall. 

(h)  Wm.  E.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1763,  mar. -  Pugh. 

(i)  Marquis  Calmes,  b.  Sept.  21,  1768,  mar.,  Feb.  19,  1789, 
Henrietta  Catlett. 

(From  Famiy  Bible  of  Marquis  Calmes,  son  of  Sam’l  Richardson.) 

(2)  Wm.  Calmes,  b.  Jan.  18,  1729,  d.  Sept.  10,  1773,  mar.  Lucy 
Neville,  b.  Jan.  17,  1732.  d.  May  20,  1789,  dau.  of  Geo.  Neville 
and  wife  Mary  Gibbs.  Issue : 

(a)  Gen’l  IMarquis  Calmes,  b.  1755,  officer  in  Eevolution 


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and  Indian  fighter,  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  d.  1834. 

(b)  George,  b.  1757,  mar.  Miss  Price,  of  Fredericktown,  Md. 

(c)  Miriam,  b.  Dec.  12,  1758,  mar.,  Dec.  8,  1782,  Henry 
Catlett,  of  “White  Post.” 

(d)  William,  b.  May  15,  1761,  mar. - Berry  and  moved 

to  Newberry,  S.  C. 

(e)  Fielding  Gibbs,  b.  Jan.  30,  1766,  mar.  Jane  Helm. 

(f )  Isabella  E.,  b.  Dec.  24,  1767,  mar. - Benson. 

(g)  Spencer  Neville,  b.  April  5,  1771,  mar.  Henrietta  Chew 
Buck  and  moved  to  Ky. 

(h)  Gen’l  Henry  Walker,  b.  April  9,  1774,  mar.  Betsy  Griggs 

.  and  moved  to  Ky.,  was  a  celebrated  Indian  fighter. 

(3)  Marquis  Calmes,  member  of  vestry,  Frederick  Co.,  1771,  d.  s.  p. 

(4)  Ann  Calmes,  mar.  Peter  Catlett,  of  White  Post  Farm,  Fred¬ 
erick  Co.,  Va.  No  issue. 

(5)  Elizabeth  Calmes,  mar.  Thos.  (  ?)  Helm. 

Issue  of  Cbas.  and  Mary  Eichardson  Buck  (ante )  : 

(a)  Letitia,  mar.  George  Catlett. 

(b)  Eev.  Thomas,  mar.  Amelia  Dawson. 

(c)  Samuel,  mar.  Mary  Bayly. 

(d)  John,  mar.  Sarah  Catlett. 

(c)  Eev.  Win.  C.,  mar.  (I)  L.  Wright;  (II)  Marian  Fields. 

(f )  Charles,  mar.  Lucy  Bayless. 

(g)  Mary,  mar.  Dr.  Wm.  Bayly. 

The  above  is  taken  from  MS.  of  these  families  prepared  by  Wm. 
Mauzy  Buck,  a  copy  of  which  was  furnished  by  Powell  C.  Catlett, 
of  Eddyville,  Ky. 


THE  BAYTOP  FAMILY 


PUBLISHED  IN  SERIAL  POEM 
IN 

THE  TIMES-DISPATCH 

(Richmond,  Ya.) 

GENEALOGICAL  COLUMN 


BEGINNING  SUNDAY,  MAY  10,  1910, 
AND  NOW  REPUBLISHED, 
WITH  ADDITIONS, 


1918 


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“Mrs.  William  Carter  Stubbs  has  for  many  years  actually  spent 
her  summers  among  Virginia  records,  and  she  has  sent  us  such  a 
scientific  study  of  the  Baytop  family  that  we  are  sure  we  are  giving 
a  “bonne  bouche”  to  all  genealogists  when  we  print  it  just  as  Mrs. 
Stubbs  sent  it  to  us.  This  genealogy  contains  so  much  data  concern¬ 
ing  the  Booths,  Taliaferros,  Catletts,  .Stubbses  and  many  other 
families  (besides  the  Baytops)  that  we  are  confident  that  a  host  of 
people  ivill  be  glad  to  read  it. 

“This  genealogy  opens  up  wide  family  connections  in  Virginia. 
Many  of  its  descendants  have  been  distinguished  in  the  South, 
notably  in  the  Scott  and  McGehee  families.  It  also  answers  many 
queries  lately  made  in  the  Times-Dispatch.  It  places  for  the  first 
time  Philip  Taliaferro,  who  married  Sarah  Baytop,  in  his  right 
place.  There  are  various  notes  concerning  the  allied  families,  and, 
as  the  network  of  families  unwinds,  so  much  material  becomes  plain 
which  heretofore  has  been  inexplicable,  and  gleams  of  inforpiation 
dart  from  the  mass  of  faithful  research.” 


(Richmond,  Va.,  Times-Dispatch.) 


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THE  BAYTOP  FAMILY. 

Thomas^  Ba3'top  and  his  wife, - Pell,  were  living  in  County 

Kent,  England,  in  1638,  when  she  was  left  a  legacy  in  the  will  of 
her  great-uncle,  Sinallhope  Bigges,  of  “Cranhrooke,”  County  Kent, 
England,  who  mentions  “My  cousin  (nephew)  Pell’s  children,  viz; 
John,  Elizabeth,  Pichard  and  Thomas  Baytop’s  wife.”  John  Bigges 
(brother  of  Smallhope  Bigges),  in  his  will,  1640,  mentions  “Eliz¬ 
abeth  Pell  living  with  me,  and  my  Cousin  Baytop’s  wife,  of  ‘Ten- 
terden.’  ”  ( For  these  two  Bigges’  wills  see  “Water’s  Glenealogical 

Gleanings  in  England.”) 

XoTE. — Of  these,  John  Pell  became  a  “citizen  and  cooper  of 
London,”  and  married  Hannah  Thorpe,  “niece  and  heir-at-law  of 
Otho  Thorpe,  merchant,  of  London,”  and  of  that  Thorpe  family 
which  came  to  York  Co.,  Va.,  in  1701. 

XoTE. — Richard  Bigges,^  muster  at  West  and  Shirley  Hundred, 
22nd  of  January,  1624,  aged  41  (boni!  1583),  “came  in  the  Swan, 
1610,  and  Sarah,  his  wife;  Richard,  his  son;  Thomas  Turner,  his 
cozen  (nephew);  Susan  Old,  his  cozen”  (niece).  His  patent  in 
Charles  City  County,  1()2().  “Hotten’s  Immigrants”  mentions  him 
and  wife,  and  sons,  Richard,  Thomas  and  William,  at  Shirley  Hun¬ 
dred.  “English  Wills,”  by  William  S.  Appleton,  mentions  his  will 
of  date  1626. 

The  Biggeses  had  five  coats-of-arms.  (R.  H.  Hinman’s  “Cata¬ 
logue  of  First  Puritan  Settlers  of  Connecticut,”  Xo.  11,  Hartford, 
Conn.,  1852,  page  215.)  Col.  Timothy  Bigges,  1683,  a  suit  against 
Robert  Miller.  (York  Co.,  Ya.,  records.)  John  Bigges,  1675,  fined 
2,000  pounds  tobacco  for  not  having  his  children  baptized.  (General 
Court  Records.) 

Robert  Bigges,  of  IMiddlesex  Co.,  Ya.,  mar.,  April,  1703,  ^lary 
Armistead,  who  died  170(;.  He  mar.  (II)  1706,  Elizabeth  Pate, 
and  had  issue;  IMary,  b.  1707;  Elizabeth,  b.  1711;  Jane,  b.  1713, 
and  Janies,  b.  1717.  (Christ  Church  Register.) 

Benjamin  Biggs,  cajitain  in  the  Revolution  {Yirginm  Magazine 
of  ITktry,  etc.,  II,  245).  The  wills  of  John  and  Smallhope  Bigges 
(above)  mentioned  their  relationship  to  the  families  of  Baytop, 
Pell,  Bates  and  Thorpe  in  Virginia,  and  Stowe  in  Xew  England. 

Thomas^  Baytop  and -  Pell,  his  wife,  had  at  least  two  sons, 

Daniel-  and  Thomas."  Of  these,  Daniel"  Ba^dop  was  “grocer  in 
l\Iaidstone,  Kent,  England,”  and  was  administrator,  1691,  of  his 
brother,  Thomas  Ba^’top,  and  guardian  of  the  infant,  Thomas  Bay- 
top  (b.  1676) . 

From  York  Co.,  Va.,  records,  1691; 

“Daniel  Baytopp,  of  IMaidstone,  in  ye  County  of  Kent,  grocer. 


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brotlier  of  Tliomas  Baytop,  and  guardian  and  administrator  of 
Thomas  Baytopp,  the  minor,  constitutes  Capt.  Francis  Page  in 
Virginia  Ids  attorney  to  take  possession  of  ye  plantations,  stock, 
etc.,  of  ye  said  Baytopp  in  ye  parts  of  America  in  right  of  ye  minor, 
Jan.  20th,  1091.  The  said  Thomas  Baytop,  merchant,  deceased, 
came  over  to  Virginia  twelve  years  before  the  above  date,  and  came 
from  Staplehurst,  where  he  lived  for  several  years  in  the  lawful 
estate  of  matrimony  with  Hannah,  his  wife,  and  where  was  bom 
his  son,  Thomas  Baytopp,  May  9,  1676,  as  appears  by  the  register 
of  Staplehurst  and  the  testimony  of  his  godfather,  Peter  Burren, 
of  said  place,  clockmaker,  aged  58  years,  and  John  Stanter,  clerk, 
and  register  of  the  aforesaid  parish  of  Staplehurst,  aged  69  years.” 

Thomas-  Baytop  (above)  married  Hannah - and  moved  to 

Staplehurst,  County  Kent,  England,  where  he  was  a  merchant  and 
“lived  in  the  lawful  state  of  matrimony  with  Hannah,  his  wife,  and 
where  was  born  his  son  Thomas®  in  1676.”  He  came  to  A^irginia 
1679  and  invested  in  “plantations,  merchandise,  stock,”  etc.  (York 
County  Eecords),  and  April  25,  1681,  witnessed  indenture  of 
Humphrey  and  Philip  Aloody,  of  A^ork  Co.,  A^a.,  a  division  of  land 
with  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  their  brother  Josias  Moody,  deceased 
(whose  widow,  Elizabeth,  married  [IJ]  Thomas  Hansford),  “300 
acres  Hampton  parish.  Other  witnesses:  Joseph  Eing  (justice), 
David  Crawford  and  Eichard  Moore.— Edward  Jennings,  clerk 
court.”  Also  witnessed  (24th  August,  1682)  deed  from  Philip 
Afoody  and  wife,  Alagdalene,  of  Hampton  parish,  to  Joseph  Eing, 
of  same  parish,  “land  patented  1638  by  John  AA^aine,”  Thomas 
Baytop  witnessed  also,  26th  February,  1682-3,  deed  from  David 
Crawford  to  Joseph  Eing.  Other  witnesses  were  Benjamin  Eeade 
and  Thomas  Chamberlayne. 

Joseph  Eing  was  justice  A^ork  Co.;  will  proved  1703.  Children: 
Edmund,  Joseph,  Isaac,  Elizabeth,  Sarah  and  Mary.  Legacy  to  Isaac 
Sedgewick.  Executors :  His  loving  brothers,  Capt.  Matthew  Page  and 
Edmund  Berkley.  His  wife,  Sarah,  was  daughter  of  Edmund  Berk¬ 
ley,  of  Gloucester  Co.  Her  half-sister.  Alary  Alarm,  married  Alatthew 
Page,  b.  1659,  son  of  Col.  John.  Thomas  Baytop  died  in  1691.  The 
following  is  from  P.  C.  C.  Admon.  account  book,  1692:  “Thomas 
Baytop,  Sr.,  late  in  AHrginia,  widower,  deceased;  administration 
granted  to  Daniel  Baytop  (his  brother),  uncle  and  guardian  of 
Thomas  Baytop,  a  minor,  son  of  defunct,  19th  January,  1691-2.” 

This  grant  “expired  at  the  full  age  of  said  Thomas  Baytop,  and 
a  new  grant  was  made,  25th  September,  1699.”  Virginia  Magazine 
History  and  Genealogy,  X,  69.) 

February  24,  1700,  Thomas®  Baytop  witnessed  indenture  between 
AA^illiam  Sedgewick,  clerk  of  York  Co.,  and  James  Cosby,  “200  acres 
in  Beaver  Dam,  on  Htey’s  Creek” — £42.  This  was  the  third  Tliomas 
Baytop,  now  24  years  of  age.  April  19,  1707,  Thomas  Baytop  was 
the  owner  of  lot  No.  9  in  Aliles  Cary’s  survey  of  Gloucestertown 


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(now  Gloucester  Point).  Richard  Lee,  Benjaniin  Rcade,  Pidmund 
Berkeley,  Major  Burwell,  Pldward  Porteus,  John  IMann,  Peter  Bev¬ 
erley,  Dr.  David  Alexander,  John  Todd,  John  Gwyn,  Lawrence  and 
John  Smith,  Thomas  Scott,  John  Perrin,  Ralph  Wormley,  Mor- 
decai  Cooke,  William  Thornton.  John  Stnbhs,  Dr.  William  Kemp, 
John  Buckner,  Robert  Carter,  Robert  Thruston,  Col.  Whiting  and 
others  also  owned  lots  in  this  town,  which  was  regularly  laid  off 
with  streets  with  the  names  of  Gloucester,  Bread.  Tyndall.  Queens, 
Kings,  Read,  Marlborough,  Fleet  and  Fish.  .John  Fleet  had  pat¬ 
ented  Gloucester  town  (then  Tyndall’s  Point)  in  IthhJ  and  was 
living  there  in  1G()7.  John  Pratt  bought  lots  79  and  80  in  1719, 
and  William  Pratt,  merchant  (will  1723),  was  living  there  1720, 
when  he  married  Pllizahcth  (h.  1701),  daughter  of  WillianP  Cocke 
(secretary  of  the  colony),  and  his  wife,  Pllizabeth  Catesby,  sister  of 
i\rark  Catesby,  the  traveler.  (i\Irs.  Pratt  married  (II )  Col.  Thomas 
Jones  (ancestors  of  the  Jones  family  in  Gloucester  Co.  intermarried 
with  the  Baytops).  Gloucester  Point  was  of  considerable  impor¬ 
tance  during  the  Revolution,  when  troops  of  the  opposing  armies 
camped  and  fought  there,  and  its  citizens  Avere  proud  witnesses, 
across  the  narroAA^  A"ork,  of  CornAvallis’  surrender. 

Thomas  Baytop  married  (before  1710)  the  daughter  of  David 
Alexander,  of  Gloucester  Co.,  and  was  living  in  Gloucester  in  172(), 
where,  on  6th  of  February,  his  signature  may  he  found  in  the  extant 
Petsworth  vestry  hook  as  Avitness  (with  Alexander  Roane)  to  an 
indenture  of  the  vestry  Avith  LaAvrence  Smith,  to  Avhom  they  bound 
a  “poor  child”  of  the  })arish.  (TjaAvrence  Smith  affixed  his  seal  in 
red  AAurx.)  In  1767  he  Avitnessed  the  Avill  of  Dr.  Charles  Tomkies, 
an  “eminent  physician  and  a  justice  in  Gloucester  Co.”  This  Avill 
is  preserved  in  the  chancery  papers  at  Williamsburg.  (David  Alex¬ 
ander  and  John  Kdwards  Avere  also  Avitnesses  to  this  Avill.)  Dr. 
Tomkies  and  Thomas  Baytoj)  had  married  the  sisters  of  David 
Alexander,  daughters  of  Dr.  David  Alexander  (aaFosc  Avife.  .Ann. 
Avas  one  of  the  tAvo  heiresses  of  I’rancis  AI organ,  the  other,  Sarah, 
having  married  Alajor  Thomas  Buckner,  of  Gloucester,  church 
Avarden  of  PetsAvorth  parish,  1695,  son  of  the  immigrant,  John 
Buckner. )  Francis  Alorgan  oAvned  a  large  body  of  land  on  the  Poro- 
potank  from  its  mouth  up,  called  “Alorgan’s  Keck,”  running  from 
“Auolet  Bank”  to  “Marlfield,”  Avhich  AA-as  heired  by  Thomas  Buck¬ 
ner’s  Avife  and  descended  to  her  daughter,  Ann  Buckner,  Avho  mar¬ 
ried  (I)  Thomas-  B(K)th  (h.  1685,  d.  1756),  church  Avarden  Pets- 
AA'orth  parish,  1714,  son  of  the  immigrant,  Thomas.  Their  s«n, 
George  Booth,  of  “Poropotank,”  finally  heired  all  that  neck  of  land, 
married  Alary  Taliaferro  and  had  a  daughter,  Sarah  Booth,  Avho 
married  Thomas  Baytop  (h.  1751)  of  the  ReA'olution. 

Thomas'*  Baytop  and  his  Avife, - Alexamler,  had  at  least  tAvo 

Children — Anne,^  Avho  married  (before  1727)  Col.  ’riiomas  Scott 
(the  immigrant,  ancestors  of  a  large  and  prominent  family  through- 


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The  Baijtop  Family. 


ont  the  South),  and  James*  Baytop,  of  “Springfield”  Gloucester 
Co.,  Ya.,  d.  17(>G.  The  settlement  of  his  estate,  1767,  with  its  many 
accompanying  papers,  is  yet  preserved  in  the  family  of  Mrs.  JefFer- 
son  W.  Stubbs,  of  “Valley  Front,”  Gloucester  Co.,  Va.  It  mentions 
his  children,  and  even  the  neighbors  who  were  present  at  “the  estate 
sale,”  and  every  article  they  purchased.  He  married  Sarah  Smith, 
said  to  be  of  the  “Burton,”  Gloucester  Co.,  family  of  that  name,  and 
a  “sister  of  Capt.  John  Smith.”  She  died  1771,  and  the  settlement 
of  her  estate  (as  complete  as  that  of  her  husband)  is  also  preserved 
at  “Valley  Front,”  with  the  names  of  their  children  and  a  list  of 
those  of  the  neighhors  present  at  her  estate  sale,  etc.  The  executor 
of  James  Baytop’s  will  was  his  cousin.  Col.  Francis  Tomkies,  son  of 
Dr.  Charles  and  Mary  (Alexander)  Tomkies  (above  noted).  Col. 
Tomkies  had  married  (before  1718)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Mor- 
decai  Cooke,  and  was  justice  in  1768,  and  a  man  of  affairs;  and  his 
sister,  Catherine  (b.  i733)  married  Thomas  Scott  (b.  1727),  son 
of  Thomas  and  Anne  (Baytop)  Scott,  above.  Hence  all  were  re¬ 
lated.  (See  Scott  Family.) 

Gloucester  land  books  contain  a  deed  (23rd  January,  1745)  from 
Eobei’t  Pryor*  and  wife  (ancestors  of  the  Eoger  and  Luke  Pryor 
family)  to  Janies  Baytop,  “309  acres  on  Craney  Creek,  Ware  parish, 
next  to  Christopher  Greenaway,  Mr.  Eigault  and  Thomas  Wisdom’s 
land.”  Ninety-two  acres  of  it  had  first  been  granted  to  Thomas  Jef¬ 
ferson,  April  1,  1668,  and  by  him  deserted,  and  then  granted  to 
Eobert  Collis,  who  increased  it  to  “309  acres,  at  the  head  of  Craney 
Creek,  in  Ware  parish,”  and  then  assigned  it,  April  21,  1689,  to 
Eobert  Pryor.* 

This  became  the  family  home,  “Springfield,”  called  in  its  early 
history  by  the  Indian  name,  “Mundunga.”  James  Baytop’s  assess¬ 
ment  to  Petsworth  parish  in  1767  (the  _year  of  his  death)  was  £8.  3.  0. 
In  1758  he  was  executor  of  the  estate  of  James  Carter,  Petsworth 
parish.  Many  of  these  papers  are  preserved,  containing  the  accounts 
of  the  three  sons,  Thomas,  James  and  John  Carter. 

Eobert  and  John  Carter  are  mentioned  previously  in  Petsworth 
parish  vestry. 


*Note. — Samuel  Pryor,  of  Gloucester,  married  Prudence  Thornton  and 
moved  to  Caroline  Co.  (then  to  Hanover  and  Spotsylvania).  Issue:  Wil¬ 
liam,  Samuel,  John,  of  Nottoway  (father  of  Hon.  Luke,  of  Alabama) ; 
Prank,  Joseph  (who  was  the  smallest  of  them  all  and  weighed  220 
pounds) ;  Nancy,  married  Col.  Samuel  Wells,  judge  of  the  County  Court 
of  Amelia;  Mary  (b.  in  Gloucester  Co.,  Nov.  15,  1730),  mar.  (I)  Major 
William  Berry,  of  Gloucester,  and  died,  leaving  Nancy  and  Prudence 
Berry,  of  whom  Nancy  married  Jonathan,  son  of  Col.  George  Taylor,  and 
Prudence  married  Major  George  Blackburn,  both  families  moving  to  Ken¬ 
tucky  in  1709.  Mrs.  Mary  Pryor  Berry  (d.  1804),  married  (II)  James 
Mitchell  (d.  1810),  and  had  issue:  Edward  Mitchell  (b.  1760,  d.  1837), 
James  (b.  1762,  d.  1781),  Samuel  (b.  1764,  d.  1855).  Of  these,  Edward, 
b.  1760,  was  great-grandfather  of  James  T.  Mitchell,  b.  1834,  judge  of 


The  Baytop  Family. 


Ill 


Eoger  Blackbixrn  was  living  in  Abingdon  parish,  Gloucester  Co., 
1777.  He  was  the  son  of  William,  living  in  Gloucester  1702  ;  will  in 
IMiddlese.x,  1748,  mentions  children,  William,  Koger  and  Mary. 
Ann  Blackburn  married  Capt.  Ceeley  Saunders,  of  the  Eevolution- 
ary  Navy,  and  had  an  only  child,  IMajor  John  Saunders,  of  Norfolk, 
father  of  Capt.  John  Loyall  Saunders  ;  Ann  B.,  who  married  Arthur 
Taylor,  of  Norfolk;  Mary,  who  married  William  Green,  and  Jane 
B.,  M'ho  married  W.  W.  Hunter. 

James  Baytop  was  tobacco  inspector  at  Poropotank  in  1739  {Vir¬ 
ginia  Magazine  of  History,  etc.,  XV,  April  numl>er),  and  his  lists 
as  inspector  are  before  me  for  1754.  “Thomas  and  Beverley 
Whiting,  shipped  four  hogsheads  by  the  Whiting,  and  also  Dr. 
Charles  Leith  one  hogshead,  and  Messrs.  Beverley  and  Thomas 
Whiting  one  hogshead,  by  the  Ausgood.  In  1755  Philip  Eootes  and 
John  Metcalf,  each,  one  hogshead  by  the  Ausgood.  In  1756  Capt. 
Thomas  Wliiting  &  Co.,  fourteen,  and  John  Metcalf  one,  and  Capt. 
Thomas  Whiting,  for  himself,  seven  hogsheads,  by  the  Swift.” 

Hening’s  Statutes,  Yol.  VITI,  pages  78-88,  mentions  for  the  year 
1765,  four  tobacco  warehouses  in  Gloucester,  “Poropotank,  Easter- 
most,  Gloucester  Town  (now  Point)  and  Deacon’s  Neck,  where 
the  warehouses  are  now  kept.”  In  1757  John  Scott  shipped  nine 
hogsheads,  also  March,  1761,  nine,  by  Scott  &  Du  Yal.  These  papers 
contain  the  autograph  of  James  Baytop.  Thomas  Baytop,  the  Eevo- 
lutionary  captain,  succeeded  his  father  as  tobacco  inspector  for 
Gloucester  county. 

The  original  signature  of  Mrs.  Sarah  (Smith)  Baytop  is  also  pre¬ 
served,  as  the  e.xecutrix  of  her  husband’s  estate,  with  his  cousin. 
Col.  Francis  Tomkies.  Dr.  Alexander  Dalgleish  lived  in  her  family 
from  1767  to  June  1770.  (It  is  claimed  for  his  brother.  Dr.  John 
Dalgleish,  of  Norfolk,  that  he  first  introduced  inoculation  for  small¬ 
pox  into  Virginia.  He  died  in  1771.) 

Some  Gloucester  Citizens  in  1766. 

Purchasers  at  the  estate  sale  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Smith  Baytop,  widow 


the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania,  who  has  the  old  Mitchell  Bible.  Gen. 
Roger  Pryor,  of  New  York,  was  of  the  above  family  (Virgin!  Historical 
Magazine,  VII,  75.) 

Judge  Roger  Atkinson  Pryor,  of  New  York,  born  near  Petersburg,  in 
Diuwiddie  Co.,  Va.,  on  July  19,  1828.  He  married  Sarah  A.  Rice,  of  Vir¬ 
ginia,  in  1848.  He  distinguished  himself  as  a  journalist,  and  prior  to  the 
Civil  War  was  special  minister  to  Greece  under  President  Pierce.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Confederate  Congress  in  1862.  He  entered  the  Confed¬ 
erate  Army  and  was  breveted  brigadier-general,  distinguishing  himself  in 
the  battles  of  Williamsburg  and  Sharpsburg.  He  was  captured,  and  after 
the  war  settled  in  New  York,  where  he  studied  law,  practiced  at  the  bar 
and  wms  appointed  a  judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  by  Gov.  Hill. 
He  retired  from  the  bench  in  1899  on  account  of  old  age. 


113  The  Bay  top  Family. 

of  James  Baytop.  First  sale  March  9,  1771 ;  second  sale,  March 
8,  1773: 

John  Clayton,  William  Anstin,  Hansford  Anderson,  William 
Bellamy,  Peter  Barnett,  John  Blassingame,  William  Beckham  (the 
schoolmaster),  John  Collier,  Joyeux  Collins,  Francis  Whiting  Cooke 
(son-in-law),  William  Collier,  Mordecai  Cooke's  estate,  Samuel 
Dawson,  William  Crittenden,  John  Figg,  Jr.,  Thomas  Figg,  Henry 
Hall,  Kobert  Hill,  Eev.  Arthur  Hamilton  (minister  of  the  Pets- 
worth  parish,  1768,  in  place  of  Eev.  Charles  Mynn  Thruston,  who 
had  gone  to  Frederick  county),  John  Hall,  Dr.  William  Hearn, 
Capt.  Eichard  Jones,  Willoughby  Jordon,  William  Lemmon,  Jr., 
Cornelius  Livingston  (a  son-in-law),  Eobert  Montaine,  Eichard 
Proctor,  Thomas  Pollard,  Michael  and  Henry  Pointer,  William 
Eamsey,  Thomas  Stubbs,  of  Cappahosic;  John  Smith,  John  Shel¬ 
burne,  Philip  Taliaferro  (a  son-in-law).  Sterling  Thornton  (of 
Petsworth  parish,  will  1790),  Nathaniel  Taylor,  Stephen  White, 
William  Thornton,  Anthony  Thornton  and  Eichard  Wright. 

Most  of  these  were  also  purchasers  at  the  estate  sale  of  James 
Baytop,  Jan.  13,  1767,  as  were  also  John  Buckner,  Nathaniel  Bur- 
well,  Bartholomew  Blunt,  Dr.  Thomas  Clayton,  James  Carter  (son 
of  James  Carter,  deceased,  of  Petsworth  parish),  Thomas  Conerly, 
of  King  and  Queen;  Dr.  Alexander  Dalgleish  (resigned  vestry  of 
Petsworth  1765,  and  moved  to  Ware  parish  and  to  the  home  of 
James  Baytop  in  order  to  teach  his  children,  and  Henry  Whiting 
elected  to  vestry  in  his  place),  John  Brown,  William  DuVal,  James 
Fontaine.  Nathaniel  Fletcher,  Thomas  Guthrie,  James  Gressett, 
Isaac  Howlet,  Capt.  James  Hubard  (the  admiralty  judge),  William 
Hall,  Sr.,  William  Kemp,  Sr.,  Thomas  Kemp,  Cornelius  and  George 
Livingston  (brothers),  Mr.  Lightfoot,  Mr.  Nelson,  James  Nuttall, 
John  New,  Henry  Pursell,  Sr.,  John  Eiley,  John  Scott  (who  died 
1773),  William  Stubbs  (ancestor  of  Stubbs,  of  “Valley  Front,” 
Gloucester  Co.),  John  Stubbs,  Sr.,  John  Shackelford,-  Edward 
Shepherd,  Col.  Francis  Tompkies  (who  had  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Mordecai  Cooke),  Philip  Taliaferro  (a  son-in-law  in 
1770),  William  Thornton,  Mr.  Tarris,  Charles  Mynn  Thruston, 
John  Whiting,  of  Ware  parish;  Peter  Whiting,  of  Gloucester;  Capt. 
Francis  Whiting,  of  Gloucester ;  John  Whiting,  of  King  and  Queen 
county. 

Also  concerned  in  the  estate  bills  were  James  l^Iills,  merchant, 
of  IJrbanna;  William  Pollard,  John  Fox,  Samuel  Tomkins,  Edward 
Cary,  of  York;  William  Hubbard  (son-in-law  of  Col.  Thrmston), 
Seymour  Powell,  B.  Jemmerson,  John  Drummond,  “for  making  a 
pair  of  pumps,  and  his  wife  for  making  two  gowns”;  Charles  Flem¬ 
ing,  “for  crying  the  estate”;  Philip  Taliaferro,  “for  his  brother, 
Eichard  Taliaferro,  £66,  3s.  3d.”;  George  Lorimer,  “two  hogsheads 
Maiden  tobacco,  £17, 15s.  7d.”  (Old  family  estate-papers  of  Baptop.) 

January  13,  1767,  the  inventory  of  James  Baytop’s  estate:  Per- 


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sonal  property,  £516,  19s.  5d.  ^larch  9,  1771,  inventory  of  Mrs. 
Sarah  Baytop’s  estate. 

Among  the  receipted  hills  of  the  estate  of  Mrs.  Sarah  Baytop 
were,  in  1768,  “Dr.  Carter,  paid  £20 ;  1768,  Janies  Puller,  for  school¬ 
ing  3  boys,  £,  16s.  3d.;  1770,  William  Bickham,  for  schooling  and 
boarding  James  and  John  Baytop ;  1769,  Doiley  L.  Kee,  £9,  10s.  4d. 
for  dancing  school,  2  scholars,  1  year  and  6  months. 

l\Irs.  Sarah  (Smith)  Baytop’s  signature,  round  and  firm,  is  found 
on  two  of  these  papers,  one  of  them  an  order  upon  Col.  Francis 
Tomkies,  as  executor,  to  pay  an  estate  bill  to  Mrs.  Frances  Lewis. 

In  1762  James  Baytop  rented  the  Petsworth  glebe  lands  for  500 
pounds  tobacco,  and  in  1772  the  vestry  paid  his  estate  for  the  hire 
of  a  negro.  In  1766  his  assessment  to  Petsworth  parish  was  £8,  3s. 

James*  Baytop,  of  “Springfield.” 

Issue  of  James^  Baytop  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Smith  (first  of  the 
family  at  “Springfield,  Gloucester  Co.,  1745)  : 

1.  Elizabeth,®  mar.  Francis  Whiting  Cooke. 

2.  Mary,®  mar.  Cornelius  Livingston. 

3.  Thomas®  Baytop,  of  the  I’evolution,  b.  1751. 

4.  James®  Baytop,  of  the  Pevolution,  h.  1754. 

5.  Sarah,®  mar.,  1770,  Philip  Taliaferro,  of  “Hockley,”  King  and 
Queen  Co. 

6.  John®  Baytop,  of  the  Pevolution  (the  youngest  child). 

The  descendants  of  these  follow  in  succession,  excepting  John,® 
who  died  unmarried  1799.  Elizabeth®  Baytop  (dau.  of  James^  and 
Sarah  (Smith)  Baytop,  born  about  1747,  mar.  (before  1766) 
Francis  Whiting  Cooke,  son  of  iMordecai  Cooke  (h.  1708,  d.  1751), 
of  “Wareham,”  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Whiting  (b.  1713,  d.  1762), 
who  was  oldest  daughter  of  Francis  and  iMary  Whiting,  of  Ware 
parish.  IMordecai  Cooke  was  son  of  John  Cooke,*  of  “Wareham,” 
and  Ann,  daughter  of  Capt.  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Todd,  of  “Todds- 
bury."  (Wareham  Tombs.) 


*Note. — John  and  Ann  (Todd)  Cooke,  of  “Wareham,”  had  also  a 
daughter  Lucy,  b.  1716,  who  married,  first,  1732,  Gregory  Smith,  of  King 
and  Queen,  b.  1712,  d.  1737,  by  whom  she  had  Col.  Gregory,  of  the  Eevo- 
lution;  Rev.  Thomas,  of  Cople  parish,  and  Ann  (Mrs.  Armistead),  and, 
secondly,  she  married  Thomas  Booth  (d.  1756),  of  Gloucester,  who  was  son 
of  Thomas,  the  immigrant  (andwho  had  previonsh’  married  Ann  Buckner 
and  Susannah  Thornton),  and  since  his  mother  was  Mary  Cooke  (daughter 
of  Mordecai,  the  immigrant),  he  was  hence  cousin  to  his  third  wife,  Lucy 
Cooke  (above).  They  had  also  a  relative  in  Mordecai  Cooke,  .Ir.,  of  Ware 
parish,  d.  1748.  Old  Gloucester  County  Survey  Book  gives  the  following: 

In  April,  1749,  at  the  request  of  Capt.  Mordecai  Cooke,  three  com¬ 
missioners,  viz.:  Major  Robert  Throckmorton,  Mr.  James  Baytop  and  Mr. 
John  Jones,  met  and  divided  a  tract  of  land  between  the  widow  and 


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The  Baijtop  Family. 


Issue  of  Francis  Whiting  Cooke  and  ElizabetlF  Ba3'top :  Mor- 
decai,®  Sarah  Smith,®  and  Francis  Whiting®  Cooke,  as  follows : 

I.  Mordecai®  Cooke  (d.  1830),  mar.  Ann  Macon  Pendleton  (dan. 
of  Benjamin  Pendleton,  who  mar.,  1750,  Mary  Macon,  in 
Spotsylvania  Co.).  Mrs.  Cooke  was  first  the  wife  of  William 
Harwood,  of  King  and  Queen  Co.,  by  whom  she  had  one  child, 
Maria  Pendleton  Harwood.)  Issue; 

1.  Sarah  SmitlP  Cooke,  died  unmarried. 

2.  Catherine  Pendleton"  Cooke,  mar.  Emanuel  J ones  Thrus- 
ton,  of  “Millwood”  son  of  Col.  Eobert  Thruston,  b.  1759, 
and  his  wife  Frances,  who  was  a  dan.  of  Dr.  Eichard 
Jones  and  wife,  Ann  Simmons,  of  Gloucester.  Issue; 

(a)  Frances  Ann®  Thruston,  mar.  Eobert  Coleman 
Eobins.  No  issue. 

(b)  John  Mynn®  Thruston,  d.  1883,  who  bought  the 
“Warehouse  tract”  (Deacon’s  Neck”)  in  1858,  mar. 
Mary  Ann  Eobins  (d.  1917),  dau.  of  Mr.  Thomas 
C.  Eobins  and  sister  of  Wni.  A.  Eobins,  of  Glouces¬ 
ter  and  had  (1)  Amelia,®  b.  1856,  unmarried;  (2) 
William  Pendleton  Cooke,®  b.  1860,  mar.,  1893, 
Eose  Johnson,  and  had  John  Mynn,  mar.,  1916, 
Lettie  Broaddus  and  has  John;  Mary  Blanche, 
William  P.,  Wellford  Jones,  Grace,  Stephen  De¬ 
catur,  b.  1908,  and  Amelia.  (3)  Mary,®  mar.  (I) 
Frank  Horsley,^  and  (II)  Lewis  Wiatt,  son  of 
Hugh  Gwyn  Wiatt,  and  had  Euth  Horsley.  (4) 
Ellen  Coleman®  (mar.  William  Bailey  Barton,  of 
Texas,  and  had  Thruston,  Clarence  and  Lindsley 
Barton). 


daughters — 'Mrs.  Cooke,  who  had  her  “thirds”;  Elizabeth  Cooke,  wife  of 
Capt.  Francis  Tomkies,  one-fourth  of  the  remainder;  Susannah  Cooke, 
wife  of  Mr.  John  Perrin,  one-fourth,  and  Mrs.  Frenees  and  Ann  Cooke 
(spinsters),  each  one-fourth.  (Frances  married,  1750,  Sir  John  Peyton.) 

Capt.  Mordecai  Cooke  (above)  inherited  “ Mordecai ’s  Mount”  from 
his  father,  and  married,  1735,  Sarah  (b.  1717),  daughter  of  Augustine 
Smith,  of  “Shooter’s  Hill,”  Middlesex  Co.,  and  had  issue:  (1)  Mordecai, 
died  without  issue;  will,  1769,  prob.  1770,  left  his  estate  to  his  mother  (Mrs. 
Sarah  Throckmorton);  (2)  Augustine,  student  at  WiUiam  and  Mary  Col¬ 
lege  1752.  Mrs.  Sarah  (Smith)  Cooke  married  (II)  Major  Eobert  Throck¬ 
morton,  above  (his  second  wife  (the  first,  Mary  Lewis,  of  Warner  Hall), 
and  had  issue:  Mordecai  and  Warner  and  Sarah  Throckmorton,  who  mar¬ 
ried  Peter  Presley  Thornton,  of  “Northumberland  House,”  thus  “ Mor¬ 
decai ’s  Mount”  (“Churchill”)  came  finally  to  Warner  Throckmorton 
(above)  from  his  half-brother,  Mordecai  Cooke  (will  1769),  who  also  left 
600  acres  near  Beech  Swamp,  known  as  “Lanes,”  for  the  free  school  of 
Ware  parish. 

Col.  Francis  Tomkies’  son,  “Charles  Tomkies,  Jr.,”  was  administrator 
1771  for  John  Smith,  and  1774  for  Augustine  Smith,  of  “Shooter’s  Hill” 
(above). 


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115 


(c)  Pr.  Stephen  Decatur*  Thruston,  d.  1907,  mar.  (I) 
Annie  Kverett,  of  North  Carolina,  and  (II)  Mrs. 
Chappell,  of  Louisiana.  No  issue. 

(d)  Emanuel  Jones*  Thruston  (b.  1837,  d.  1883),  mar., 
1873,  Sarah  Ann  Eootes,  d.  1907,  sister  of  Thomas 
Eeade  Ilootes  and  dan.  of  Jaequelin  Eootes  and  his 
wife,  Emily  Eobins  (dan.  of  Thomas),  and  had 
issue  a  son,  Eohert  Eeade®  Thruston,  now  living  at 
“IMillwood,”  mar.  Miss  Oliver. 

(e)  Sarah  Catherine*  Thruston,  mar.  Franklin  Hay¬ 
wood,  and  had  Annie  Bettie,  Catherine  and  Eobert 
Franklin. 

3.  Benjamin  Pendletoid  Cooke,  mar.  Emeline  Baghy.  Issue : 

(a)  Bettie,*  h.  1830,  d.  1905,  mar.,  1854,  Charles  W. 
Porter,  of  King  and  Queen,  and  had  /  Lizzie  Lee, 
Pendleton,  iMarv  IVIacon,  Gertrude,  Lina,  Charles 
Wesley,  Laura  Wailes  and  William  Franklin. 

(b)  iMary  IMacon,*  mar.  Eichard  Coleman  Haywood, 
and  had  Ann,  Lina  Coleman,  William  Franklin, 
lyiary  Peachy  and  Eobert  Coleman. 

(c)  Fraiddin,*  jnar.  Fanny  B.  Turpin,  and  had  Hugh 
Lansing,  William  Norvel,  Franklin,  Lawson  and 
Charles  Porter. 

(d)  ]\Iordecai,®  died  unmarried. 

II.  Sarah  Smith®  Cooke  (dan.  of  Francis  Whiting  Cooke,  above), 
mar.,  1798,  her  cousin,  Mordecai  Cooke,  second  wife.  (He  first 
mar.,  1781,  Elizabeth  Scroshy,  d.  1795,  and  by  her  had  seven 
children.)  He  had  three  by  Sarah  S.  Cooke,  i.  e.,  Francis 
Whiting^  Cooke,  b.  1803 ;  Sarah  Smith  Cooke,  h.  1805,  and 
Lucy  Todd  Cooke,  b.  1807,  d.  unmarried.  Of  these : 

1.  Francis  Whiting^  Cooke  (b.  1803.  d.  1888),  of  “The 
Cedars,”  Gloucester  Co.,  mar.  (I)  Fanny  Thruston 
Kevan,  and  (II)  Catherine  Chapman.  Issue,  ten  chil¬ 
dren  : 

(a)  IMiss  l\Iary  Frances*  Cooke,  an  intellectual  and  be¬ 
loved  instructress  in  Gloucester,  d.  1910.  She  felt 
great  jiride  in  assisting  in  collecting  Cooke  family 
data. 

(h)  Alfred  C.* 

(c)  James  Baytop,*  killed  at  battle  of  Gettysburg. 

(d)  iMordecai  Throckmorton,*  mar.  Sallie  Powers,  and 
had  iMary  Evelyn,  mar.  E.  I).  Hatch,  and  had 
Harold  Franklin,  James  Baytop,  Francis  Whiting 
and  Olga  Mordecai. 

(e)  Fanny  Thruston.* 


116 


The  Bay  top  Family. 


(f)  Giles  Buckner,®  Confederate  States  Army,  killed  in 
battle  of  New  Market. 

(g)  Thomas  Paul,®  mar.  Ellen  Waldron,  and  had 
Thomas  Waldron  and  Francis  Whiting. 

(h)  Sarah®  Smith,  mar.  Joseph  A.  Williams,  and  had 
Olivia,  Virginiiis  Cassell,  Mangus,  Catherine 
Pauline,  William  Francis  Whiting  and  Blanche. 

(i)  Eobert.® 

(j)  Frank  Whiting.® 

2.  Sarah  SmitlP  Cooke  (h.  1805,  d.  1892),  mar.  Isaac  Rose. 

No  issue. 

III.  Francis  Whiting®  Cooke,  son  of  Francis  Whiting  and  Elizabeth 

(Baytop)  Cooke,  d.  1820,  mar.  Sarah  - ,  d.  1823.  His 

will  proved  by  wife  Sarah,  1821.  The  appraisers  were  Matthew 
Harmenson,  Robinson  Bridges,  John  Baytop  (a  nephew),  Rich¬ 
ard  M.  Thornton  and  Simon  Burton.  There  seems  to  have  been 
no  issue.  (Gloucester  records,  1821,  at  Gloucester  courthouse.) 

Issue  of  Cornelius  Livingston  and  Marys  Baytop*  Cb.  1746). 

He  was  born  of  the  King  and  Queen  family  (published  in  the 
Times-Dispaiclh,  1909),  and  moved  to  Gloucester  and  was  practicing 
law  in  1766,  and  employed  by  J.  H.  Norton  to  “settle  his  father’s 
estate”  in  1768  {Virginia  Gazette);  commissioner  of  the  revenue 
for  Gloucester,  1796. 

(1)  Cornelms®  Livingston,  Jr.,  mar.  -  - and  had  Cor¬ 

nelius,  d.  s.  p.,  and  Susan,  mar.  Beverley  Anderson.  He  was 
deputy  sheriff,  1795.  In  1813  he  was  sergeant  in  Capt.  Wil¬ 
liam  Rogers’  company,  and  later  first  sergeant  in  Capt.  James 
Baytop’s  company. 

(2)  John®  Livingston;  nothing  more  known  of  him. 

(3)  Sarah®  Livingston,  mar.  Henry  Hughes.  It  was  in  her  behalf 
that  Rev.  Charles  Thruston  left  the  note  to  Capt.  Thomas 


*Note. — Land  Book,  1663:  John  Livingston,  400  acres,  west  side  Poro- 
potank  creek;  John  Livingston,  Sr.,  and  Jr.,  Stratton  Major  parish.  King 
and  Queen  county,  upon  Poropotank  creek,  1713,  when  the  elder  made 
the  deed  to  his  son,  400  acres,  witnessed  by  Samuel  Livingston  and  sealed 
with  a  coronet  in  red  wax.  The  son  John,  in  1743,  bought  250  acres  on 
Poropotank  of  John  Townley  and  Sarah,  his  wife,  witnessed  by  William 
Todd  Livingston  and  George  Livingston.  (Old  family  wills  at  Valley 
Front.) 

Virginia  Gazette,  1773:  Cornelius  Livingston  advertised  a  tract  of 
400  acres  in  lower  end  of  King  and  Queen  county,  with  the  dwelling-house, 
and  also  a  tract  of  500  acres  a  mile  further,  lying  on  Poropotank  creek, 
with  three  good  landings. 

Virginia  Gazette,  1773:  John  Livingston  advertised  three  fine  negroes 
for  sale  in  Norfolk,  and  in  1774  .John  Livingston,  of  Essex  county,  is 
going  abroad. 


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117 


Baytop  (ante),  and  she  was  also  the  author  of  the  following 
deed,  found  in  the  Baytop  family  papers : 

“To  all  whom  these  presents  may  concern :  I,  Sarah  Living¬ 
ston,  of  the  county  of  Gloster  and  parish  of  Ware,  do  give  unto 
my  brothers,  John  and  Cornelius  Livingston,  a  bond,  now  in 
the  hands  of'lMr.  Hugh  Holmes,  which  the  said  John  Living¬ 
ston,  with  others,  are  bound  unto  Cornelius  Livingston,  Sr., 
for  the  sum  of  £450,  which  1  give  unto  my  said  brothers,  John 
and  Cornelius  Livingston,  to  be  dividetl  equally  between  them. 
In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  affixed 
my  seal  19th  May  1797.  Sarah  Livingston.” 

Witnesses :  Thomas  Baytop,  Sarah  Cooke,  Francis  Whiting 
Cooke. 

ISSUE. 

(a)  William  Clayton'  Hughes,  mar.  IMaria  Wright  and  had 
Henry,  Confederate  States  Army,  killed  in  battle  1863 ; 
Sallie.  mar.  Albert  Stubbs,  Confederate  States  Army, 
moved  to  Baltimore  and  has  three  children. 

(b)  Thacker'  Hughes,  mar.  ]\Iary  Caffee,  and  had  Sarah, 
d.  s.  p.,  and  James.  C.  S.  A.,  killed  1863. 

Issue  of  Philip  Taliaferro  and  Sarah  Baytop. 

Philip  Taliaferro,  of  “Hockley,”  King  and  Queen  county,  was  a 
son  of  William  Taliaferro,  vestryman  Stratton  iMajor  parish,  1762, 
who  was  the  son  of  William  Taliaferro,  Sr.,  of  the  vestry  of  .Stratton 
Major  parish.  King  and  Queen  county,  1735,  and  died  1760.  This 
last 'William  was  the  eleventh  and  youngest  child  of  Col.  John  Talia¬ 
ferro,  the  Banger  (who  was  the  son  of  the  immigrant),  and  was  also 
the  brother  of  Col.  Lawrence  Taliaferro,  sheriff  of  Essex,  and  not 
his  son,  and  should  have  been  so  placed  in  the  “John  Stubbs,  of 
Cappahosic,”  pamphlet. 

Pliilip  Taliaferro  was  of  the  vestry,  1775.  He  had  l)een  assigned 
a  seat  in  the  “Xew  Stratton  IMajor  Church,”  1767.  From  his  pro¬ 
pinquity  to  the  Bootes  and  Crymes  family,  his  given  name,  “Philip,” 
would  suggest  a  descent  from  one  of  these  families,  with  whom 
Philip  was  also  a  popular  name.  There  seems  also  to  have  been  a 
Shackelford  relationship.  He  had,  certainly,  a  l)rother.  Bichard 
Taliaferro,  who  is  called  his  “l)rotiier”  at  the  estate  sale  of  Dlrs. 
Sarah  Baytop,  1771  (the  mother-in-law).  It  is  prol)able  he  was 
also  brother  to  William  Taliaferro,  who  married  Elizabeth  Holden, 
called  at  that  date  William,  “the  elder.”  Bichard  Taliaferro  died 
1790,  land  tax  in  Clouccstcr  1787,  and  his  estate  tax  1790.  He  was 
in  the  vestry  of  Petsworth  ])arish.  1785,  with  dames  Bavtop  and 
George  and  Thomas  Booth,  and  acknowledging  the  Protestant  Epis¬ 
copal  Church  in  Americ'a.  Will,  1786;  wife,  Elizabeth;  son.  Bich¬ 
ard;  e.xecutors,  Philip  Taliaferro  and  Zachariah  Shackelford. 

Feb.  18,  1777,  Capt.  William  Taliaferro  was  paid  £12  for  the  use 


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of  twenty-four  guns  one  year  {Viryinia  Magazine  of  History,  etc., 
XT,  87).  Philip  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Delegates  1780, 
justice  in  King  and  Queen  1784,  sheriff  1791,  with  John  Wedder- 
burn  as  deputy  sheriff. 

The  expense  of  Sarah  Baytop’s  marriage,  1770,  is  mentioned  in 
inventory  of  her  mother’s  estate,  1771.  She  was  born  about  1753. 

Philip  Taliaferro  and  Sarah®  Baytop  had  issue.  Dr.  William,® 
of  Churchill ;  J ames  Baytop,®  of  “Eoaring  Springs” ;  Eev.  Philip ;® 
George;®  Eiehard;®  Thomas;®  John;®  Sarah;®  Mary®  (“Polly”), 
as  follows : 

I.  Dr.  William®  Taliaferro,  of  “Churchill,”  mar.  (I)  Mary  Throck¬ 
morton,  and  (II)  Hanuet  Throckmorton,  daus.  of  Warner 
Throckmorton  (who  was  the  son  of  Major  Eobert  Throck¬ 
morton  and  his  second  wife,  Sarah  Smith,  a  dan.  of  Augustine 
Smith,  of  “Shooter’s  Hill,”  and  widow  of  Mordecai  Cooke,  of 
Mordecai’s  Mount”  [now  Churchill]).  Issue  of  first  marriage 
(Throckmorton),  an  only  son. 

1.  IVarner  ThrockmortoiP  Taliaferro  (b.  1797,  d.  16th  Oc¬ 
tober,  1877),  mar.  (I)  1822,  Fanny,  dau.  of  George 
Wythe  Booth,  of  “Bellville,”  and  (il)  Leah,  dau.  of 
Thomas  Seddon,  of  Fredericksburg  (and  sister  of  Thos. 
A.  Seddon,  Secretary  of  War,  Confederate  States).  Issue 
(by  Booth  marriage)  : 

(a)  Gen.  William  Booth®  Taliaferro,  of  “Dunham 
Massie,”  major-general,  C.  S.  A.,  and  also  a  hero 
of  the  Mexican  War,  mar.  (17th  February,  1853), 
Sallie  Nivison,  dan.  of  Hon.  James  Lyons,  of  Eich- 
mond,  and  had  issue:  Leah  S.,  Judge  James  Lyons 
(member  of  Legislature),  Fanny  B.  (d),  Prof.  War¬ 
ner  Throckmorton,  of  Maryland  Agricultural  Col¬ 
lege;  George  M^ythe  Booth,  William  C.,  lawyer,  of 
Hampton,  Va. ;  Dr.  Edward  C.  S.,  a  distinguished 
physician  of  Norfolk;  Nina,  mar.,  1899,  Harry  Os¬ 
borne  Sanders,  of  Albany,  N.  T".,  now  deceased. 
Issue  by  second  marriage  (Seddon)  : 

(b)  Dr.  Philip  A.®  Taliaferro,  of  “Burgh  Westra,” 
Gloucester  Co.  (d.  1900),  surgeon  C.  S.  A.  and  in 
Legislature  from  Gloucester,  mar.  Susan  Byrd,  dau. 
of  George  McCandlish.  No  issue. 

(c)  Susan®  Taliaferro,  mar.  Judge  Beverley  E.  Well- 
ford,  Jr.,  of  Eichmond.  Issue:  Eev.  Edwin  T., 
mar.  Courtney  B.  Selden;  Fanny  Beverley,  mar. 
Eev.  Henry  Alex.  'White;  Susan  Seddon,  mar. 
Major  Thomas  Marshall. 

(d)  Thomas  Seddon®  Taliaferro,  major  C.  S.  A.,  mem¬ 
ber  of  Legislature,  mar.  Hallie,  dau.  of  Cassius  F. 
Lee,  of  Alexandria,  and  has  five  children. 


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(e)  Warner  T.®  Taliaferro  (d.  1881),  major  in  C.  S.  A. 
member  of  Legislature,  lived  at  “Isleham”  and 
later  in  Norfolk,  mar.  (I)  Martha  Paul,  (II) 
Fanny  Hardy,  and  had  issiie:  Thos.  H.,  president 
of  Florida  Agricultural  College. 

(f)  Edwin  S.®  Taliaferro  (b.  1835,  d.  1867),  pro¬ 
fessor  in  William  and  Mary  College,  major  of  or¬ 
dinance,  C.  S.  A.,  mar.  Fanny  B.  B.  Tucker,  dau. 
of  Judge  N.  Beverly  Tucker.  No  issue. 

By  second  marriage  of  Dr.  William®  Taliaferro 
( also  Throckmorton ) . 

2.  Gen  Alexander  GalH  Taliaferro  (b.  1808,  d.  1881),  of 
“Cowslip  Green’-’  and  Anandale,  Culpepper  Co.,  Va., 
brigadier-general  C.  S.  A.,  mar.,  1836,  Agnes  Harwood 
Marshall,  dai;.  of  Thomas  Marshall,  of  “Oak  Hill”  and 
granddaughter  of  Chief  Justice  Marshall.  Issue: 

(a)  Mary  J.®  (b.  1811,  d.  1861),  mar.  Dr.  Charles  W. 
Chancellor. 

(b)  Leah  S.«  b.  1813,  d.  1862. 

(c)  Margaret®  (b.  1811),  mar.  Chapman  Maupin,  son  of 

Dr.  S.  Maupin,  chairman  of  faculty  of  University 
of  Virginia,  and  had  issue. 

(d)  Eleanor  W.®  (b.  1817),  mar.  George  E.  Nelson, 
and  had  issue. 

(e)  Agnes  Marshall,®  mar.  R.  W.  Maupin,  son  of  Dr. 
S.  Maupin  (above). 

(f)  William  A.®  (b.  1851),  mar.  Charlotte  Franklin. 

3.  Philipp  Taliaferro,  died  yoimg. 

1.  Dr.  William’  Taliaferro,  of  Churchill,  d.  unmarried. 

A  Richard  Taliaferro  was  living  in  the  Fourth  precinct  of  Pets- 
worth  parish  1763,  near  Poropotank  creek.  He  was  of  the  vestry  of 
Petsworth  parish  1767,  in  place  of  Augustine  Smith,  moved  oiit  of 
the  parish. 

II.  James  Baytop®  Taliaferro  (b.  April,  1775),  of  Roaring  Springs, 
Gloucester  Co.,  mar.  (I),  1796,  Catherine,  dau.  of  Geo.  Booth, 
of  Poropotank,  and  his  wife,  l\Iary  Taliaferro,  and  (II)  Eliza¬ 
beth  L.  Hackney,  widow  of  Sterling  Thornton.  (Gloucester 
Records,  II,  552.)  Issue  by  first  marriage: 

(1)  Philip,’ b.  1796,  d.  1819. 

(2)  Mary  Booth,’  b.  17i);),  d.  1801. 

(3)  Matilda  Ann,’  b.  1800,  mar.  IMajor  Roane  and  had  Emily 
C.,®  mar.  Capt.  Junius  B.  Brown,*  C.  S.  A.;  Louise 
Booth ;®  George  Alvin,®  C.  S.  A.,  mar.  ;Margaret  Booth, 

*Capt.  Junius  B.  Brown,  C.  S.  A.,  was  long  an  honored  resident  of 
Gloucester  county.  His  father’s  name  was  changed  from  Claiborne  to 


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and  Harriet  Elizabeth,®  mar.  Frank  Roane  and  had  six 
children. 

(4)  Mary  Frances,^  b.  1803,  d.  1827,  and  mar.  Richard 
Shackelford  (first  wife)  and  had  James  William,  b.  1825, 

mar. - Trent,  had  two  children;  and  Mary  Frances, 

b.  1827,  d.  1836. 

(5)  George  Booth,'^  b.  1805,  killed  in  a  street  car  accident 
in  Baltimore,  nnmarried. 

(6)  Sarah  Baytop,"  b.  1807,  mar.,  1825,  William  W.  Spen¬ 
cer,  and  had  seven  children,  as  follows :  Mary  Catherine,® 
mar.  (I)  Robert  Hart,  C.  S.  A.,  killed  in  battle;  mar. 
(II)  Thomas  Corr,  and  had  several  children;  Eliza 
Ann,®  mar.  William  Bland,  and  had  Margaret,®  who 

mar. - Thruston;  Alexander,®  William,®  Margaret 

A.,®  mar.  Oliver  Marston  and  had  seven  children ;  Sarah 
Bavtop,®  mar.  Dr.  Moore  and  had  two  children;  James.® 

(7)  Eliza  Ellen,'  b.  1809,  d.  1823. 

(8)  James  William,',  b.  1812,  d.  1814. 

(9)  Thomas  Booth,'  b.  1816,  d.  1879,  mar.  (1846)  Mary  M. 
Sinclair,  dan.  of  Jobn  Sinclair,  and  had  issue:  Mar¬ 
garet  B.®  (d.  1901),  mar.  Dr.  Charles  Gwyn  (d.  1900) 
and  moved  to  Galveston  and  suffered  death  in  the  great 
storm.  Six  children;  James  Alexander,®  d.  y. ;  Hon.  Sin¬ 
clair,®  U.  S.  district  attorney  under  President  Cleve¬ 
land,  Houston,  Tex.,  prominent  lawyer ,  mar.  Rose 
Palmer  and  had  two  children,  of  whom  Bettie  l\Iilby, 
mar.  Wm.  Arthur  Sherman ;  Thomas  W.,®  unmarried ; 
Philip,®  d.  y. ;  Mary  Alexander,®  mar.  Granville  Healy, 
(several  children);  Ellen  Fielding,®  d.  y. ;  Philip 
Henry,®  d.  y. ;  Kate  Booth,®  mar.  Wm.  Lawson  and  had 
several  children;  Robert  S.,®  d.  y. ;  Edwin,®  mar.,  1892, 


Brown.  Herbert  Claiborne,  of  Chestnut  Grove,  Kent  county,  was  married 
(the  second  time)  to  Mary,  the  daughter  of  William  Burnet  Browne,  of 
Elsing  Green,  in  King  William  county,  who  settled  a  large  estate  upon  his 
eldest  Claiborne  grandson,  upon  the  condition  that  he  would  take  the 
name  of  William  Burnet  Browne,  whose  wife,  Judith,  was  a  daughter  of 
Charles  Carter,  of  ‘  ‘  Cleve.  ’  ’  The  elder  William  Browne  married  a  daugh¬ 
ter  of  William  Burnet,  Governor  of  New  York,  and  granddaughter  of 
Gilbert  Burnet,  Bishop  of  Salisbury. 

Mr.  .Junius  Browne,  of  Gloucester,  was  his  descendant,  and  inherited 
from  him  many  rare  and  beautiful  things,  among  them  magnificent  por¬ 
traits  of  Wm.  Brown  and  Margaret  Burnet.  These  portraits  were  sold  to 
a  dealer  in  antiques  by  Mr.  Browne ’s  son  a  few  years  ago.  A  sister  of 
Mr.  Browme,  Mrs.  Tabb  Catlett,  also  inherited  many  beautiful  and  artistic 
things  from  the  same  source,  which  unfortunately  burned  when  the  old 
Mount  Pleasant  house  in  Gloucester  was  destroyed  by  fire. 

(For  Browne,  see  Essex  Institute  Historical  Collections,  Salem,  Mass., 
Vol  XXXII.) 


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Catherine,  dan.  of  Wm.  and  Elizabeth  IMitehell,  and  had 
Wni.  S.,  b.  1893;  Eugene  S.,  b.  1894;  Elizabeth,  b. 
1897;  Kicbard  N.,  b.  1899. 

(10)  Harriet  Amanda,’  b.  1818,  mar.  (1844)  Charles  Carter 
Field.  Issue:  Helen,**  of  Baltimore,  d.  1907;  John,® 
mar.  Lucy,  dau.  of  Edward  S.  Cary,  of  Gloucester,  and 
had  Catherine  Charles,®  Harriet,®  married ;  Kate,® 
mar.  William  Cary,  son  of  Edward  S.  Cary,  of  Glou¬ 
cester,  and  had  Frank;”  Eugene,®  mar.  Lelia  Shackel¬ 
ford,  dau.  of  William  and  Mary  (Cooke)  Shackelford. 

(11)  Margaret  Catherine’  Taliaferro,  b.  1822,  d.  1835. 

III.  Eev.  Philip®  Taliaferro,  Baptist  preacher,  and  later  a  Camp- 

bellite,  mar.  (I)  - Oliver,  of  ‘‘Elson  Green,”  Hanover  Co.; 

mar.  (II)  Elizabeth  Piemont,  of  Korfolk,  and  had: 

(1)  Benjamin,’  died  without  issue. 

(2)  Pichard,’  died  without  issue. 

(3)  James  0.,’  of  Caroline  Co.,  mar. - Taylor,  and  had 

issue:  Lucy  James,®  mar.  (1857)  William  George  Talia¬ 
ferro,  of  “Spring  Hill,”  Caroline  Co.,  a  son  of  Thomas 
H.  and  Lucy  (Allen)  Taliaferro. 

In  1823  Philip  Taliaferro  had  350  acres,  the  “AVare- 
house  Tract,”  two  miles  east  of  courthouse.  (Tax  books.) 

IV.  George®  Taliaferro,  mar.  Louisa  Dixon,  of  Airville.  Issue: 
Maria,’  mar.  James  Gwyn. 

V.  Pichard®  Taliaferro,  of  “Hockley,”  King  and  Queen  Co.,  mar. 

(I)  Elizabeth,  only  dau.  of  Col.  Wedderlmrn,  of  King  and 
Queen;  mar.  (II),  about  1803,  Margaret  Holden  Stubbs,  dau. 
of  John  and  Margaret  Holden  (Taliaferro)  Stubbs,  of  Glou¬ 
cester.  Issue  by  last  marriage,  an  only  son,  John  P.,’  of  “Todds- 
bury,”  mar.  Eleanora  Anderson,  dari.  of  AVilliam  Anderson, 
and  had  issue : 

(1)  John  Albert,®  mar.  Maiw  L.  Sea  well,  of  Gloucester. 

(2)  Pichard,®  of  “Hockley,”  Gloucester  Co.,  mar.  Fanny 
Johnson,  of  Baltimore,  widow  of  Powell  Byrd,  Esc].,  of 
Gloucester. 

(3)  Hansford  Edward,®  mar.  Fannie  Perrin. 

(4)  William  Hockley,®  mar.  Pearl  Lucile  Kent. 

( 5 )  Bernard.® 

(())  Kora.® 

VI.  Thomas®  Taliaferro,  mar.  Sarah  Oliver,  of  “Elson  Green,”  Han¬ 
over  Co.  Issue: 

(1)  William  Lewis,’  died  in  early  manhood. 

(2)  Thomas,’  mar.  in  Pichmond,  Va.,  and  had  issue. 


1?2 


The  Bay  top  Family. 


(3)  jMartha,®  mar. - Fox,  of  Hanover  Co. 

(4)  Gabriella,"  mar.  Col.  Davis,  of  King  and  Queen  Co. 

(5)  Levis,'  mar.  Catherine,  dan.  of  Major  Thomas  Dos- 

vell,  of  “Bullfield,”  Hanover  Co.,  and  had  Lewis,®  of 
Augusta,  Ga. ;  Susan,®  mar. - Pindell,  of  Eichmond. 

TII.  John®  Taliaferro,  died  unmarried. 

Till.  Sarah®  Taliaferro,  mar.  (I)  Col.  L5me  Shackleford,  of  King 
and  Queen;  and  (II)  - Hooper.  Issue: 

(1)  Eichard  Taliaferro"  Shackleford,  of  King  and  Queen, 
mar.  Hannah  Catlett  (daii.  of  Benj.),  and  had  Wil- 

liamtina,®  who  mar.  - -  Lambeth ;  Fanny,®  and 

Temple®  Shackelford. 

(2)  Betsy'  Shackelford,  mar.  — ^ —  Wood,  and  moved  to 

Kentucky,  and  had  a  daughter,®  who  mar.  -  Estill, 

and  their  dan.,  Betty  Estill,  b.  1840,  mar.  (before  1863) 
William  E.  Garrison,  of  Kew  York. 

(3)  Baytop"  Shackelford,  d.  s.  p. 

(4)  George^Shackelford  (apparently  of  this  line),  mar. 
Martha  Hoekaday  and  moved  to  Kentucky  with  his 
sister  Mrs.  Wood,  and  had  William  H.®  Shackelford,  mar. 
]\Iartha  Hickman,  and  had  Betty®  Shackelford  (b. 
1838),  mar.  Charles  L.  Thompson.* 

IX.  Marjf®  (“Pollv”)  Taliaferro,  mar.  (I)  Leonard  Smither,  and 
(II)  Matthew  Kemp.  Issue: 

(1)  Buck^  Smither,  went  West  and  died  unmarried. 

(2)  Emily"  Smither,  mar.  George  Hall,  of  Hanover,  and  had 
three  children. 

(3)  Matilda’’  Smither,  mar.  (I)  Peter  Kemp,  and  (II) 
Simon  Burton,  and  had : 

(a)  Parmelia,®  mar.  Xathan  E.  Walker,  and  had 
William  Curtis,  Marian  and  others. 

(b)  Sarah  Baytop  Kemp,  mar.  William  Jones,  of 
Mathews  Co.  (his  second  wife;  the  first  a  Miss 
Booker),  and  had  (1)  Santa  Maria,®  mar.  Wil¬ 
liam  Ellis  Corr,  and  had  four  children;  (2)  Mary 
Dudley,®  mar.  also  William  Ellis  Corr,  of  Glou¬ 
cester  (second  wife)  ;  no  issue  (3)  Lee,®  mar. 

-  ]\IcCormack,  and  had  several  children. 

William  Jones  had  also  Eussell  and  John  Jones, 

*Our  authority  for  descendants  of  Mrs.  Betsy  Shaxikelford  Wood  and 
of  George  Shackelford  (all  of  Kentucky)  is  Mrs.  John  Booth,  of  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  who  is  of  the  Garrison  family,  and  her  husband  of  the  Booths,  of 
Gloucester  county.  She  says  Mrs.  Thompson  and  Mrs.  Garrison  were 
cousins,  and  claimed  descent  from  Philip  and  Sarah  (Baytop)  Taliaferro. 
Mrs.  Wood  certainly  went  to  Kentucky. 


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and  India,  who  mar.  John  Cassady  (by  first 
wife)  ;  Mrs.  ^latthew  Kemp  had  also  (4)  Philip 

Kemp,  died  unmarried ;  and - ,  a  dau. ;  and 

Thomas  Kemp,  married  Indiana  Pointer  and 
had  Solomon  Kemp,  mar.  j\Iaria  Pohins,  father 
of  George  Kemp,  living  in  Baltimore. 

Line  of  Thomas  Baytop,  of  the  Revolution  (b.  1751,  d.  1812),  Married, 
1780,  Sarah,  Daughter  of  G-eorge  Booth  (d.  1786),  of 
Poropotank,  Now  “Violet  Bank.’’ 

Gloucester  County,  13th  April,  1775. — Gloucester  regiment  of 
militia  was  organized  at  Gloucester  Courthouse;  Col.,  Sir  John 
Peyton,  Bart. ;  lieut.-col.,  Thomas  Whiting,  Gent. ;  countv-lieut., 
Warner  Lewis,  Esq. ;  major,  Thomas  Boswell,  Gent.  There  were 
sixteen  captains,  sixteen  lieutenants,  and  sixteen  ensigns.  Among 
the  captains  were  George  Booth,  William  Buckner,  Jasper  Clayton, 
John  Whiting,  John  and  James  TTubard,  John  Willis  and  others. 
Among  the  lieutenants  were  James  Baytop,  Philip  Tabb,  Thomas 
Buckner  and  others ;  and  among  the  ensigns  were  Thomas  Baytop, 
Thomas  Tahb,  Samuel  Edding,  John  Fox,  Christopher  Garland  and 
others.  (  Virginia  Gazette,  1775.) 

His  oath  of  allegiance  as  captain  of  artillery  (old  paper  in  posses¬ 
sion  of  his  family)  : 

“I,  Thomas  Bayto]),  captain  of  artillery,  do  acknowledge  the 
United  States  of  America  to  be  free,  independent  and  sovereign 
States,  and  declare  that  the  people  thereof  owe  no  allegiance  or 
obedience  to  King  Geoi’ge  111,  King  of  Great  Britain;  and  T  re¬ 
nounce,  refuse  and  abjure  any  allegiance  or  obedience  to  him ;  and 
I  do  swear  that  I  will,  to  the  utmost  of  mv  power,  support,  maintain 
and  defend  the  said  United  States  against  the  said  King  George 
III,  h  is  heirs  and  successors,  and  his  or  their  abettors,  assistants 
and  adherents,  and  will  serve  the  said  United  States  in  the  office  of 
captain  of  artillery,  which  1  now  hold,  with  fidelity,  according  to 
the  best  of  my  skill  and  understanding.  Thomas  Baytop. 

“Sworn  before  me  at  the  Artillery  Park  this  12th  day  of  Juno, 
1770.  H.  Kxox,  Colonel  Artillery.’’ 

Thomas  Baytop  was  captain-lieutenant  First  Continental  Artil¬ 
lery  Jan.  13,  1777;  captain  Feb.  5,  1778;  resigned  Hec.  11,  1779. 
Gen.  Charles  Harrison’s  .Vrtillery,  Co.  9,  as  it  stood  at  Valiev  Forge 
June  3,  1778:  Thomas  Baytop.  caiitain-eommander,  Feb.  5,  1778; 
William  Fleming  Gaines,  captain-lieutenant;  Holland  Haynie,  first 
lieutenant;  William  Stevenson,  second  lieutenant;  James  Tvrie. 
second  lieutenant.  (See  Heitman’s  Li.st  of  Pe’volutionarv  Gfiicers 
for  him  and  his  hrothers,  James  and  John). 

Capt.  Thomas  Baytop  received  a  militaiw  land  warrant  for  4,000 


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acres  May  25,  1784,  for  three  years’  service  as  captain  in  Virginia 
Continental  line.  Original  preserved. 

William  Keyser,  petitioning  for  a  pension,  stated  that  he  “served 
in  Kevolntionary  Army  under  Capt.  Thomas  Baytop,  in  Second  Vir¬ 
ginia  State  Eeginient;  that  they  marched  to  Hampton,  and  from 
there  joined  Gen.  Washington  at  Valley  Forge.  In  the  summer, 
under  the  command  of  Col.  Dabney,  they  overtook  the  British  at 
Monmouth  Church,  and  fought  most  of  the  day,  v/hen  the  enemy 
then  retreated  to  their  ships.  They  were  also  in  a  skirmish  near 
Fort  Montgomery  under  Col.  Gist,  where  they  lost  twenty-eight 
soldiers  and  two  officers  captured.  They  were  in  front  of  the  battle 
at  Stony  Point  Fort,  under  command  of  Gen.  Anthony  IVayne. 
Gen.  Wayne  was  wounded  and  Col.  Febiger  took  command,  with 
Col.  Fleury  in  command  of  the  vanguard,”  etc.  (Virginia  Maga¬ 
zine  of  History,  I,  463.) 

There  is  also  a  receipt  of  $1,100  for  a  horse  bought  of  Capt. 
Samuel  Eddens  at  Morristown,  N.  J.,  April  6,  1780.  Another, 
l\Iareh  9,  1778,  signed  'Wm.  Finney,  IVilliamsburg,  deputy  quarter¬ 
master-general  ,for  goods,  “part  of  a  cargo  arrived  at  Edenton, 
N.  C.,  from  France;  property  of  the  United  States,  furnished  by 
order  of  the  governor.” 

Another  receipt:  “Camp  Eariton  Landing,  July  5,  1778.  Capt. 
Thomas  Baytop,  of  Col.  Charles  Harrison’s  Eegiment  of  Artillery, 
one  large  red  leather  portmanteair,  for  the  sum  of  £15  currency.” 
Signed  Jacob  Weiss,  D.  Q.  M. 

From  a  census  of  Ware  parish,  1783:  Thomas  Baytop,  two  white 
and  twelve  black. 

The  following  note  to  him  from  “the  fighting  parson,”  Col.  Chas. 
Mynn  Thruston,  of  the  Eevolution  (who  had  married  his  cousin, 
]\Iiss  Buckner),  is  an  amusing  evidence  of  the  nonchalance  with 
which  those  ancient  worthies  dispensed  their  money: 

“22nd  June,  1788. — Dear  Sir:  I  called  in  great  haste  just  to  see 
you  and  to  deliver  to  Miss  Livingston  a  few  things  sent  by  her 
father  (i.  e.,  Cornelius  Livingston).  He  desires  you  by  me  to  collect 
the  bonds  of  his  in  your  hands,  and  when  done  to  vest  the  amount 
in  a  negro  girl,  or  girls,  for  his  daughter,  and  to  get  a  pair  of  stays 
for  her,  as  he  could  get  none  here. 

“I  am,  with  compliments  to  your  lady,  sir,  your  most  obedient, 
humble  servant,  C.  M.  Theuston.” 

Addressed  “To  Capt.  Thomas  Baytop.” 

Mrs.  Wm.  C.  Stubbs  gave  this  communication  to  Prof.  James  T. 
Harrison,  of  the  University  of  Virginia,  a  descendant  of  “the  fight¬ 
ing  parson,”  as  being  .quite  too  valuable  (if  only  for  its  signature) 
to  escape  his  possession.  It  was  relinquished  with  a  smile  at  the 
calm  manner  in  which  the  old  gentleman  mixed  up  purchase  of 
“negro  maids”  and  young  ladies’  “stays.”  He  rented  the  Petsworth 
glebe  lands,  as  did  also  his  father.  In  the  vestry  book  is  this  entry 


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for  1788:  “Received  of  Capt.  Tlioiiias  Baytop  505  pounds  tobacco 
for  rent  of  the  fjlebe.” 

He  was  appointed  inspector  of  tol)acco  at  Deacon's  Xeck  Ware¬ 
house  in  1701  by  Beverley  Randolpli,  Governor.  Hening  (VII,  470) 
savs  tliat  in  1702  the  only  remaining  tohacco  warehouses  in  Glou¬ 
cester  were  at  Deacon’s  Xeck  and  I’oropotank.  Appointed  inspector 
of  tobacco  at  Deacon’s  Xeck  Warehouse  1704  by  Henry  Lee,  gov¬ 
ernor.  He  was  also  justice  for  many  years  in  Gloucester.  Deacon’s 
Xeck  is  now  called  the  “Warehouse.”  A  commission  from  Gov. 
Rage '(the  original  preserved  by  IXof.  T.  J.  Stubbs)  “to  ’Phomas 
Baytop,  Richard  Baynham  and  iMatthew  Anderson,  issued  June  1, 
1804,  under  an  act  passed  hy  Congress  IMay  21,  1804,  to  amend  an 
act  for  appointing  electors  to  choose  a  president  and  vice-president 
of  the  United  States.” 

Col.  Thomas®  Baytop  was  master  of  Boteourt  ((Masonic)  Lodge 
Xo.  7,  Gloucester,  of  which  an  ancient  lodge  book,  beginning  April 
10,  1800,  is  preserved  in  the  clerk’s  office.  It  bears  a  very  handsome 
seal,  “England  1773-1857  Virginia,”  and  some  wonderful  flourishes 
in  penmanship,  of  knights,  ladies,  dragons,  etc.  (The  hospitalities 
of  the  courthouse  ordinary  were  long  dispensed  by  Capt.  William 
Rogers,  of  the  Revolution  and  War  of  1812.  Here  old  comrades  mot 
and  “fought  their  battles  over  again” — and  John  Kiningham  was 
mine  host  of  the  Ark  Ordinary  at  the  same  time.  The  “Ark”  still 
stands  in  Gloucester.)  He  (Thomas  Baytop)  was  justice  in  Glou¬ 
cester,  1808. 

He  was  executor  of  many  estates  and  guardian  to  the  children  of 
many  of  his  neighbors,  and  with  the  son,  John  Jones,  was  executor 
of  the  estate  of  Dr.  Richard  Jones,  1784.  He  was  executor  also  of 
Christopher  Pryor’s  estate,  1804,  and  paid  to  Mann  Page,  deputy 
clerk,  $4.89  for  recording  the  appraisement  (receipted  bv  Robert 
West,  D.  S.). 

From  a  poll  of  Petsworth  district,  1810,  for  House  of  Delegates, 
the  candidates  were:  Thomas  Baytoj)  (elected),  John  Lewis,  John 
Wood  and  Wm.  K.  Perrin  (elected)  ;  and  among  the  voters,  John 
Baytop  and  James  Baytop,  Sr.,  and  James  Baytop,  Jr.  (Did  family 
])a]>ers. ) 

Capt.  Thomas  Baytop  served  in  the  Assembly,  1805,  with 
(Matthew  xinderson ;  1800,  with  (Morgan  Tomkies;  1808,  with  Rich¬ 
ard  Jones;  1809,  with  Peter  Wiatt,  and  1811,  with  Wm.  Perrin. 

He  was  of  the  vestry  of  Ware  parish,  1797,  when  the  church  glebes 
were  being  sold  lyv  the  State,  after  the  Revolution.  There  is  pre¬ 
served  in  the  family  papers  a  long  letter  to  him  upon  this  subject 
by  the  minister  of  Ware,  Rev.  Elkanah  Talley,  of  whom  Bishop 
(Meade  said  he  was  more  profane  than  pious  (as  his  letter  indicates), 
and  that  he  “died  the  death  of  a  drunkard,  and  a  Universalist  be¬ 
sides.”  This  letter  was  as  follows,  and  related  to  the  preservation, 
to  the  church,  of  Ware  Glebe,  his  method  having  excited  the  sus- 


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picions  of  some  of  his  vestry.  He  seems  to  have  been  unfortunate, 
and  was  expelled  by  Botetourt  Lodge  in  1802 — “Brothers  Matthew 
and  Samuel  Anderson,  from  motives  of  decency,  requested  they 
might  be  absent.”  He  married  (1789)  “the  relict  of  John  Ander¬ 
son,  of  Hanover  county.” 


“Ware  Glebe,  Oct.  24,  1797. 

“Dear  Sir — Last  Wednesday,  taking  it  altogether,  may  be  ranged 
among  my  most  disagreeable  days.  All  the  forenoon  engaged  in 
discovering  and  punishing  rascality  (  ?).  And  as  soon  as  I  reached 
the  courthouse,  discovered  that  violent  threats  had  been  thrown  out 
against  me  for  attempting  to  cheat  the  church  and  parish  out  of  the 
glebe,  and  that  the  very  devil  was  to  be  played  with  me  if  I  did  not 
accede  to  propositions  which  were  to  be  made  to  me  in  vestry  1  This, 
I  confess,  rowzed  my  Irish,  and  I  was  determined  then  not  to  men¬ 
tion  in  vestry  the  steps  I  had  taken  to  secure  the  glebe  for  the 
church  (although  I  had  intended  on  that  day  to  lay  the  whole  of 
the  business  before  the  board),  and  when  it  was  introduced  to  be 
on  my  guard ;  to  act  the  philosopher — and  disappoint  my  adversary. 

“jSTow,  let  me  ask  you  whether  I  was  right  or  not  in  not  agreeing 
to  anything  that  was  proposed  ?  If  you  recollect,  Mr.  Pryor  asked 
if  I  would  withdraw  tlie  entry,  etc.,  if  the  conveyance  from  Curtis 
or  Brown  could  be  found?  To  which  I  answered  in  the  negative, 
and  for  this  reason:  if  no  patent  can  be  found  (which  I  am  now 
pretty  certain  is  the  case),  the  very  instant  my  entry  was  with¬ 
drawn,  another  person  might  make  an  entry,  divest  me  of  my  place 
of  residence  and  wrest  the  glebe  from  the  church. 

“The  precarious  situation  of  our  church  property  is  a  subject 
which  I  have  repeatedly  heard  argued  by  able  hands  for  ten  years 
back.  We  have,  repeatedly,  had  good  counsel  on  the  siibject;  con¬ 
sequently  I  have  had  a  good  opportunity  to  form  an  opinion  relative 
to  its  situation,  the  limited  uncertain  powers  of  vestries  and  the 
great  caution  that  ought  to  be  used  in  making  a  conveyance.  Hnder 
these  circumstances,  I  am  certain  that  some  of  the  methods  hinted 
in  vestry  the  other  day  would  have  fixed  the  title  of  the  glebe  in  my 
representatives,  in  case  the  Baptist  bill  passes.  Admit  for  a  moment 
I  had  agreed  to  make  a  conveyanace  of  the  glebe  to  the  parish  so 
soon  as  the  patent  issues  and  had  bound  myself  to  do  so.  Mark 
the  consequence.  So  soon  as  the  Baptist  bill  passed  into  a  law  the 
reversion  of  this  freehold  would  immediately  revert  to  me  or  iny 
representatives. 

“Mr.  Tomkies’  proposition  comes  the  nearest  a  secure  plan  of 
anything  that  was  hinted,  but  I  think  there  is  a  small  amendment 
in  his  plan  necessary,  which  I  will  point  out  to  3^ou  when  we  meet 
again. 

“As  I  had  been  at  so  much  trouble  in  endeavoring  to  secure  the 
church,  and  had  sent  forward  the  whole  of  my  proceedings  to  a 


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person  mIio  would  have  the  best  counsel  in  order  to  secure  the  prop¬ 
erty  to  the  church,  which  was,  and  is  still,  my  intention;  and  as 
those  threats  were  thrown  out  against  me,  I  would  not,  on  that  day, 
have  acceded  to  any  proposition  whatever  after  my  original  one  was 
rejected,  which,  if  you  recollect,  was  ‘that  the  business  should  re¬ 
main  in  a  state  of  suspense  till  we  could  have  the  best  counsel.’ 

“I  had  sent  forward  for  counsel  in  behalf  of  the  church,  which 
will  be  made  to  appear  to  the  vestry.  Now,  suppose  there  had  been 
a  proper  mode  proposed?  The  question  is  whether  you  would  on 
that  day  have  agreed  to  it.  Had  1  agreed  to  any  proposition  on  that 
day,  it  would  have  been  immediately  said  that,  although  I  w'as  about 
to  chouse  the  parish  out  of  their  Glebe,  the  vestry  had  caught  me 
at  it,  and  that  Mr.  Hall’s  threats  and  the  vestry’s  exertions  had 
forced  me  to  do  right ! 

“That  the  business  might  have  remained  in  a  state  of  suspense 
for  many  months  is  certain.  True  it  is  Capt.  Peter  B.  Whiting 
informed  the  vestry,  that  Mr.  Blair  informed  him,  that  a  patent 
would  issue  in  favor  of  me  in  six  months  unless  a  caveat  was  en¬ 
tered.  But  the  plain  state  of  the  l)usiness  is  this :  A  patent  will 
issue  after  the  entry,  survey,  etc.,  have  been  returned  to  the  land 
office  and  remained  there  six  months,  unless  a  caveat  is  entered  and 
prosecuted ;  but  not  within  six  months  after  the  survey  is  made. 
The  papers  are  in  the  hands  of  l\Ir.  Duvall,  and  in  order  to  have 
placed  the  business  in  a  state  of  suspense  till  the  board  could  have 
been  fully  satisfied,  I  would  have  put  them  in  the  hands  of  a  member 
of  the  vestry.  But  the  threats  of  one  member,  the  apparent  jealousy 
of  some  and  the  warmth  of  others,  forbid  my  attempting  to  set 
Capt.  Whiting  fight  and  making  a  proposition. 

“The  situation  of  this  Glebe  (if  unpatented,  required  a  survey, 
which  I  mentioned  to  three  memliers  of  the  vestry,  towit:  Capt. 
Whiting,  l\Ir.  Baynham  and  yourself,  and  should  have  mentioned 
it  to  ]\[r.  Pryor,  as  1  went  to  his  house  more  than  once  for  that  pur- 
jwse,  but  he  happened  to  be  from  home.  With  respect  to  the  land 
law.  I  know  a  number  of  the  upland  farmers  understand  it  better 
than  the  lowland  lawyers,  and  perhaps  your  land  is  in  a  ticklish 
situation.  1  may  he  counted  a  fool  for  throwing  out  this  idea,  hut 
certain  I  am  that  Cary’s  and  Anderson’s  rei)resentatives  had  as 
good  a  title  to  our  land  in  Cumberland  as  Ware  parish  has  to  Ware 
Glebe,  and  many  other  men  in  Gloucester  have  to  the  land  they 
hold.  Nevertheless,  we  have  lost  ours  in  Cumberland — for  what? 
For  want  of  a  patent.  With  respect  to  the  caveat  the  vestry  are 
about  to  enter,  etc.  Can  they  sue  or  he  sued?  If  the  land  was 
patented  by  Brown,  if  I  mistake  not,  I  am  intimately  acquainted 
with  his  legal  heir. 

“I  have  mentioned  my  intentions  to  three  members  of  the  vestry. 
After  fixing  the  business  I  was  ]fieased,  and  mentioned  it  to  a  few 
of  my  acquaintances  how  completely  1  had  speculated  on  and  dis- 


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appointed  the  dissenters.  How  niy  intentions  have  been  so  mncli 
niisrepresented  1  cannot  say.  I  am  3'onr  friend  and  servant, 

“Elk'h  Talley. 


“To  Captain  Thomas  Baytop.” 


In  1788,  npon  St.  Jolnrs  Day,  he  (Elkanah  Talley)  addressed  the 
]\rasons  in  Bichmond.  The  3'ear  1798  was  his  last  at  Ware  Chnrch. 
In  1799  Thomas  Baytop  paid  $20,  “his  subscription  in  full  for 
Ware  parish,  to  John  Eobins,  vestryman,  who  receipted  for  same  for 
Eev.  Armistead  Smith.”  (Old  family  papers.) 

In  1797 — a  survey  of  Ware  Glebe  for  Eev.  Elkanah  Talley :  “By 
virtue  of  a  land  office  treasury  warrant,  No.  2180,  dated  l\iay  14-, 
1797,  and  surveyed  October  11,  1797,  for  100  acres,  which  survey 
containeth  352  acres  on  Ware  river,  217  poles  on  the  river  back  to 
a  spring  on  Back  creek,  320  poles.”  (Old  Gloucester  Survey  Book.) 

The  assignees  of  Eev.  Elkanah  Talley,  A^Dril  28,  1800,  for  352 
acres,  commonly  known  and  occupied  as  the  Glebe  of  Ware  parish : 
Philip  Tabb,  Thomas  Baytop,  Christopher  Pryor,  Matthew  x4nder- 
son,  Eichard  Baynham,  Morgan  Tomkies,  Mordecai  Cooke,  George 
Wythe  Booth,  Peter  Beverly  Whiting,  Philip  Sansum,  William 
Hall,  John  Dixon,  trustees  of  the  church  property  in  the  parish  of 
"Ware  and  county  of  Gloucester.  (Gloucester  Land  Books.) 

The  following  recalls  some  names  of  ancient  worthies : 

“2nd  March,  1809. 

“Thomas  Baytop,  Esq. — Dear  Sir :  Mr.  Lewis  told  me  that  you 
had  been  kind  enough  to  promise  to  apply  to  Mr.  Eandolph  for  the 
money  on  Mr.  Berkeley’s  draft.  If  you  have  received  it,  I  will  be 
much  obliged  if  you  will  send  it  by  my  son,  Baylor,  who  will  deliver 
you  this.  With  many  thanks  for  the  trouble  you  have  taken  for  me, 
I  remain,  with  real  esteem,  your  ob’t  serv’t,  J asper  S.  Clayton. 

“Deceived  of  Mr.  Baytop  the  sum  of  $117  b}^  order  of  my  father, 
2nd  March,  1808.  J(ohn)  B(aylor)  Clayton.” 

Obituary  of  Col.  Thomas  Baytop  in  Alexandria  Herald.  1812; 

“An  Old  Eelic. 

“The  subject  of  the  following  obituary  has  a  large  number  of  re¬ 
lations  in  this  county  and  in  other  parts  of  this  and  other  States, 
where  your  paper  has  circulation.  A^our  readers  would  be  generally 
gratified  by  the  publication  of  this  old  relic,  which  has  been  copied 
from  an  Alexanchia  Herald,  published  in  the  year  1812.  He  was  a 
Eevolutionary  officer  of  merit  and  distinction,  was  the  son  of  Sarah 
Smith,  a  daughter  of  John  Smith,  and  of  Colonial  fame,  and  a  man 
.^ans  peur,  sans  reproche.  Capt.  James  Baytop  (son  of  the  above- 
named  Thomas  Baytop)  served  through  the  War  of  1812.  Wm.  J. 
Baytop,  his  grandson,  volunteered  and  served  through  the  l\Iexican 
War,  and  was  killed  at  the  Battle  of  Seven  Pines,  gallantly  leading 


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his  company  into  action  in  tlie  war  between  the  States.  J.  C. 
Baytop,  another  grandson,  volunteered  in  our  late  war,  served 
through  it  all  faithfully  as  an  officer  of  cavalry,  and  surrendered 
with  iiis  company  at  Appomatox  C.  H.  Gen.  Wm.  Taliaferro  and 
Gen.  Alexander  Taliaferro,  whose  record  is  too  well  known  to  men¬ 
tion  here,  have  the  same  adventurous  and  warlike  Smith  blood  in 
their  veins : 

“Died. — On  the  11th  instant,  at  his  seat,  in  the  county  of  Glou¬ 
cester,  Capt.  Thomas  Baytop,  aged  sixty-one  years. 

“Capt.  B.  was  an  officer  in  the  Eevolutioiiary  Army,  during  a 
part  of  its  .struggle  for  freedom.  At  the  commencement  of  the 
glorious  contest  he  voluntarily  stepped  forth  among  the  first  who 
tendered  their  services  to  their  country.  True  to  the  cause  he  had 
espoused,  he  resolutely  stood  by  lier  in  the  hour  of  trial  and  danger, 
wielding  in  her  defense  the  sword  of  liberty,  in  order  to  sever  the 
Gordian  knot  which  the  hand  of  tyranny  was  about  to  rivet  upon 
her.  Xor  was  this  the  only  way  in  which  he  proved  serviceable. 
When  the  object  for  which  he  had  contended  was  obtained,  and  free¬ 
dom  illumined  our  iiappy  land,  he  stopped  not  short  and  exclaimed, 
‘Thus  much  have  I  done,  the  re.st  I  leave  to  others !’  Xo !  But,  like 
a  genuine  patriot,  he  endeavored  to  render  himself  as  useful  in  the 
capacity  of  a  citizen  as  he  had  been  in  that  of  a  soldier.  And  in 
his  love  of  order  and  obedience  to  the  laws  he  sat  a  worthy  example 
to  his  fellow  citizens,  which  did  not  fail  to  attract  their  attention 
and  finally  secure  to  him  their  confidence,  as  a  mark  of  which  he 
was  elected  to  a  seat  in  the  honorable  ^"irginia  Legislature,  for  a 
number  of  years,  from  the  county  in  which  he  died.  He  also  held 
the  office  of  magistrate,  which,  though  of  little  profit,  is  of  much 
imjiortance  to  the  people,  and  the  duties  of  which  he  never  failed 
to  discharge  with  promptitude.  Capt.  B.  was  a  man  of  sound  prin¬ 
ciples — no  political  weathercock  was  he — during  tlie  boisterous 
reign  of  terror  he  remained  firm  and  immovable,  pointing  to  the 
then  Spartan  band,  but  now  formidable  phalanx  of  Eepulilicanism. 
In  a  moral  point  of  view,  few  could  stand  a  test  with  him,  none  sur¬ 
pass  him.  He  was  a  kind  father,  a  good  neighboi’,  a  humane  master ; 
long  will  his  death  be  mourned  by  a  grateful  family,  sensible  of  the 
loss  which  nature's  law  has  imposed  upon  them.  Long,  too,  will  an 
extensive  acquaintance  deplore  tlie  sad  catastrophe,  wliich  lias  de¬ 
prived  society  of  a  useful  member  and  themselves  of  an  amiable 
friend. 

“Peace,  worthy  man!  peace  to  thy  departed  shade!  Xo  impure 
breeze  shall  ever  waft  thy  name  iior  ruffie  the  green  herbage  that 
lightly  bedecks  thy  breast.” 

Issue  of  Capt.  Thomas'  and  Sarah  (Booth)  Baptop. 

(1)  James,"  (3)  Sarah  Smith,"  (3)  ^lary,®  (4)  Thomas,"  as  fol¬ 
lows  : 


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I.  James“  Baytop  (b.  March  25,  1792,  d.  March  27,  ISGO),  mar. 
Lucy  Taliaferro  (b.  1797,  d.  April  20,  ISGG),  dau.  of  John  and 
Ann  Walker  (Carter)  Catlett,  of  Tiniberneck.  John  Catlett 
mar.,  1780,  Ann  Walker  Carter  (b.  17G3),  dan.  of  Charles 
Carter,  of  “Cleve,”  and  his  third  wife,  Lucy  Taliaferro,  dan. 
of  Win.  Taliaferro  and  Ann  Walker  (who  was  a  dan.  of  James 
Walker  and  Clara  Bobinson,  a  dan.  of  Christopher  Bobinson, 
the  immigrant,  and  his  wife,  Catherine  Hone).  Wm.  Talia¬ 
ferro,  father  of  Mrs.  Lncy  Taliaferro  Carter,  was  justice  of 
Caroline  Co.,  and  son  of  Francis  Taliaferro  and  his  wife,  Eliza¬ 
beth  Catlett  (son  of  Bobt.  Taliaferro,  the  immigrant).  j\rrs. 
Lucy  (Taliaferro)  Carter  mar.  (II)  Col.  Wm.  Jones.  James 
Baytop  was  delegate  from  Gloucester  Co.,  1826,  with  Mann 
Page.  (See  issue  farther  on.) 


cd"  A-CL-Ct. 


II.  Sarah  Smith”  Baytop,  mar.  Whitaker  Campbell,* 'of  King  and 
Queen  and  had : 

(1)  Mary  Jane  H.,^  mar.  (I)  John  Smither,  and  (II)  Wm. 
Bland.  Ko  issue. 

(2)  Thomas  W.,^  mar.  Louisa  S.  Dunstan  and  had  Sarah 

E.,  mar.  -  Kay;  James  B. ;  Walter  P.,  mar.  - 

Tabb;  Enima  J.,  mar.  Eobert  Curtis,  four  children; 

Mary  Booth,  mar.  -  Weymouth,  three  children; 

Hugh  A.,  mar.  Sally  Johnson;  Ellen  Lee.  ^  /vj  , 

(3)  Lucy  Ann,;  d.  s.-p~^ 

(4)  Pompey  W.,’  cl.  s.  p. 

III.  Mary®  Baytop,  mar.  John  Smith  Stubbs.  No  issue. 


IV.  Thomas®  Baytop,  surveyor  of  Gloucester,  1821 ;  lieutenant  of 
artillery,  1818,  Fourth  Eegiment,  Fourth  Division  Militia, 
commissioned  by  Gov.  James  B.  Preston.  “March,  1822.  Thomas 
Baytop  obtained  letters  of  administration  on  the  “unadminis¬ 
tered  estate  of  Thomas  Baytop,  deceased.  James  Baytop, 
security.”  (Gloucester  Becords,  Vol.  II.  60.)  In  a  note  of 
1824  he  says  he  “finds  himself  indebted  to  his  brother,  James 
Baytop,  for  $1,200,  and  adds  that  he  had  suffered  as  security 
for  Major  James  Baytop,  and  was  then  suing  to  recover  the 
security  money,  which  he  wished  his  attorney,  Wm.  Boy, 
to  pay  to  his  brother  James.”  He  died  at  Springfield,  un¬ 
married,  after  1835. 


Notes. 

*December  15,  1818 :  “Eec’d  from  Whitaker  Campbell  $233  in 
full  for  all  my  interest  in  the  estate  of  IVhitaker  Campbell,  Sr  , 
dec’d— that  is  to  say,  what  I  may  be  entitled  to  at  the  death  of  Mrs. 
Martha  Campbell,  of  the  estate  of  her  dec’d  husband  MTitaker  Camp¬ 
bell.  (Signed)  Eobert  Courtney,  Jr.  Witness,  Eobert  Courtney.” 


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131 


December  21,  1818:  “IJec’d  from  ^Ir.  Whitaker  Campbell,  Jr., 
$140  in  full  for  all  of  my  mother,  Jane  Jones’,  right  or  interest 
that  she  may  hereafter  have  in  the  estate  of  her  late  father,  Whit¬ 
aker  Campbell,  dec’d,  which  was  held  by  his  widow,  Martha  Cam])- 
hell,  and  which  M-as  sold  some  time  past  under  a  decree  of  County 
Court  of  King  and  Queen,  by  the  executors  of  said  dec’d,  and  I  do 
for  my  mother,  Jane  Jones,  relinquish  all  her  right,  title,  claim  and 
demand  by  the  same  to  Whitaker  Campbell,  Jr.  Given  under  my 
hand  as  attorney  in  fact  for  my  mother,  Jane  Jones.  Hill  Jones, 
atty.  in  fact  for  Jane  Jones.  Witness,  Kohert  Courtney.” 

i835:  “James  Baytop,  Thomas  Baytop,  John  S.  Stubbs,  admin¬ 
istrator  of  iVlary  Stubbs,  his  late  wife,  who  was  IMary  Baytop ;  Whit¬ 
aker  Campbell  and  Sarah,  bis  wife,  who  was  Sarah  Baytop;  Drs.  to 
the  clerk  of  Gloucester  Circuit  Supreme  Court,  Law  and  Chy., 
D.  C.  2,  continuances  on  court  docket  vs.  Baytop’s  executors,  Xo. 
50.  A.  L.  Davies,  Clk.” 


DESCENDANTS  OF  JAMES  BAYTOP,  OF  “SPRING- 
FIELD,”  AND  WIFE,  LUCY  TALIAFERRO 
CATLETT.  OF  “TIMBERNECK,” 
GLOUCESTER  COUNTY. 

Deport  of  Auditor,  TTnited  States  Claims,  act  of  Sept.  28,  1850. — 
“James  Baytop,  sergeant,  Capt.  Kogers’  Company,  Virginia  "Militia, 
from  12th  February,  1813,  to  13th  May,  1813,  including  travel; 
also  nineteen  days  between  lltb  June,  1813,  and  7th  August,  1813; 
one  month,  sixteen  days  between  lltb  IMay,  1814,  to  29th  August, 
1814.  He  was  also  in  Capt.  Ifugh  Gwyn’s  company  one  month  and 
twenty-one  days,  beetween  24tb  September,  1814,  and  lltb  Decem- 
her,  1814.  No  mileage  allowed.” 

The  following  is  from  the  muster  rolls  found  among  Baytop 
family  papers  at  “Valley  Front.”  Extracts  from  Sergeant  Baytop’s 
reports  for  his  company  of  artillery : 

“March  12,  1813. — Received  of  IMajor  Wm.  Lindsay,  lanthorns 
for  Sergts.  Livingston  and  Cluverius,  and  delivered  to  Major  Lind¬ 
say  a  weekly  report. 

“15th. — John  Brown  joined  my  company  at  Fort  Norfolk  this 
day.  Delivered  to  Capt.  Edward  James  one  of  my  pieces  of  artillery. 

“l(5tb. — Delivered  to  Capt.  .Tames  Clark  eighteen  blank  cart¬ 
ridges,  six  grape  and  twelve  canister  loads. 

“17th. — Drew  provisions  for  forty-seven  men.  James  Bentley 
joined  my  company  at  Fort  Nelson. 

“19th. — Received  of  Lieut.  St.  IMedard  eighteen  tin  pans  agree¬ 
able  to  a  return  made  on  Lieut.  Yeaton,  A.  I).  (]uartermaster. 


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The  Bautop  Family. 


“10th  April. — Drew  upon  Col.  Cargill,  quartermaster-general,  for 
twentv  carbines,  seven  cartouche  boxes  and  eight  gun  slings. 

“13th. — Weekly  report  reti;rned  to  Col.  Trueman,  etc. 

“23d. — Drew  on  contractor  for  eighteen  rations  for  Capt.  Blake 
while  sick  in  ISTorfolk. 

“24th. — Henry  Eaton  joined  my  company  at  Fort  Norfolk  to-day. 

“26th. — Commenced  hoarding  with  Mr.  Davis  at  Fort  Norfolk 
at  $3  per  week,  and  also  $3  for  Tneut.  Smith  (which  I  lent  him). 

“27th. — Robert  Shields  and  Carter  B.  Dunlevy  joined  my  com¬ 
pany  this  day.  Drew  on  Lieut.  A'eaton  for  two  qi;ires  j^aper,  twenty- 
four  quills  and  twenty-four  wafers  for  the  use  of  my  company. 

“30th. — Drew  on  contractor  for  thirteen  rations  for  Sergt.  Bay- 
top’s  back  rations  while  on  a  furlough. 

“Brigade  Quarters,  3d  May,  1813. — Brigade  Order;  It  is  the 
pleasure  of  His  Excellency,  the  Governor,  that  the  following  volun- 
teeer  companies  may  be  discharged  and  the  men  permitted  to  re¬ 
turn  to  their  homes,  viz; 

“Capt.  Heath’s  Troop  of  Cavalry,  Capt.  Taylor’s  and  Capt.  Hen¬ 
ley’s  Rifle  Companies  and  Capt.  Rogers’  Company  of  Artillery. 
Brig.-Gen.  Taylor  will  take  the  necessary  measures  for  fulfilling  the 
Governor’s  wishes  and  for  affording  these  troops  the  best  facilities 
for  their  transportation  that  the  moment  will  afford.  The  major- 
general  can  but  regret  parting  with  a  body  of  troops  whose  com¬ 
position  and  appointments  made  them  so  effective  a  portion  of  his 
force  and  whose  orderly  and  soldier-like  conduct  has  gained  so 
much  of  his  confidence.  He  is,  however,  gratified  to  find  that  the 
motive  of  His  Excellency  for  the  discharge  of  these  troops  proceeds 
from  the  impression  he  entertains  of  the  promptitude  and  zeal  with 
which  th^y  turned  out  at  the  call  of  danger  before  the  regular  tour 
of  duty.  By  order,  etc. 

“Brig.-Gen.  Taylor  directs  the  officers  commanding  the  corps  that 
are  to  be  discharged  by  the  foregoing  orders  to  attend  at  l)rigade 
quarters  to-morrow  morning  at  11  o’clock  for  the  purpose  of  an 
arrangement  by  which  the  pay  of  those  corps  may  be  secured  to 
them  and  all  means  be  adopted  for  their  transportation  from  Nor¬ 
folk.  By  orders,  etc.” 

Company  of  Gloucester  Artillery,  Fourth  Regiment  of  Artillery 
of  Virginia  Militia,  Capt.  Wm.  Rogers.  Called  into  actual  service 
under  general  orders  Feh.  6,  1813.  Copied  froin  the  original  roster 
brought  from  Fort  Norfolk  by  Sergt.  James  Baytop  May  9,  1813 ; 

James  Baytop,  first  sergeant;  Cornelius  Livingston,  second  ser¬ 
geant  ;  Overton  Seawell,  thir  sergeant ;  Holt  Cluverius,  fourth  ser¬ 
geant  ;  James  Leigh,  first  corporal ;  Thomas  Green,  second  corporal ; 
Meakins  Browning,  third  corporal ;  Austin  Blake,  fourth  corporal ; 
Geo.  D.  Bristow,  John  Bohannon,  Roht.  Brown,  Reuben  D.  Berke¬ 
ley,  Chas.  R.  Burton,  Thos.  Coleman,  John  Dawson,  Thos.  Douglass, 
John  Davis,  Geo.  IV.  Dare,  John  Dunston,  Wm.  Fleming,  Thos. 


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133 


Fleming,  Win.  Fletcher,  Ptolemy  T.  Graves,  Wm.  Gibbs,  Thos. 
Gayle,  Henry  L.  Guthrie.  Thos.  R.  Hobday,  James  Jarvis,  James 
H.  Jones,  Wm.  and  Sam’l  Jackman,  Wm.  Kemp,  Wm.  Lawson,  John 
B.  Gregory,  Wm.  Leigh,  Henry  ^rduring,  Benj.  Minor,  James  Phil- 
potts,  James  Powers.  Sam’l  D.  Puller,  Thos.  Robins,  Ed.  Shields, 
Roht.  B.  Shields,  M"m.  Singleton,  Chas.  E.  Tomkies,  Abraham 
Shackelford,  Francis  West,  Geo.  West,  Richard  West,  Wm.  Wood, 
James  Bentley,  Roht.  Saunders,  John  Brown.  Henry  Eaton,  Carter 
B.  Dunlevv,  Roht.  Shields,  dohn  Figg,  Josiah  Minor,  John  Minor, 
Joel  Machem.  These  are  familiar  names  in  Gloucester  to-day,  and 
many  will  read  them  with  interest. 

The  account  throws  much  light  upon  the  War  of  1812.  and  ex¬ 
tracts  from  the  old  papers  now  at  “Valley  Front”  are  published  for 
the  first  time. 

“January  G.  1814. — Regimental  Orders  from  William  Camp, 
Lieutenant-Colonel,  commanding  Twenty-first  Regiment. — 0.  Sea- 
well,  Adjutant,  to  Capt.  William  Rogers;  Sir — You  will  convene 
your  company  without  delay  at  Capt.  Sinclair’s,  in  Robins’  Keck, 
the  present  station,  as  a  portion  of  the  enemy’s  vessels  renders  it 
necessary  to  guard  that  ]iart  of  the  county.  You  will  take  with  you 
your  field  pieces  and  ammunition.” 

And  again,  January  2d,  1814. — “Sir:  AYu  will  immediately  con¬ 
vene  your  company  at  Capt.  Sinclair’s,  and  on  yoiir  arrival  there 
you  will  take  steps  to  have  every  man  about  brought  to  your  rpiar- 
ters.  Ko  man  able  to  walk  must  be  permitted  to  remain  at  home. 
The  nmnber  and  situation  of  the  enemy’s  vessels  renders  it  ad¬ 
visable  that  you  should  have  your  company  full  and  he  at  the  ground 
apppointed  in  the  shortest  possible  time.  Seven  sail  are  now  in 
sight.  AYu  will  send  for  Lieut.  (Hugh  B.)  Guyn.” 

4’he  company  of  guards  in  “Ware  Keck”  January  and  February, 
1814,  consisted  of  dames  Baytop,  sergeant;  John  Brown,  Henry  L. 
Guthrie,  Roht.  Gwyn,  Thos.  Fleming,  James  Bentley,  Thos.  Robins, 
Wm.  Fleming,  John  A.  Pointer.  Benj.  Minor,  James  Thomas  and 
Ed.  Jarvis,  Thos.  R.  Hobday,  Wm.  Leigh.  Geo.  West,  Wm.  Lawson, 
James  Phillpotts,  Chas.  E.  Burton,  Geo.  D.  Bristow,  James  Crewd- 
son,  Reuben  B.  Berkeley,  Terry  Bristow.  Sam’l  D.  Puller,  Wm. 
Wood,  John  Dunston,  Wm.  Jackman,  Addison  Hall,  Thos.  Cole¬ 
man,  John  Singleton,  Wm.  Kemp,  Carter  B.  Dunlevv,  John  IMinor, 
Ed.  Griffin.  Geo.  Dare,  Henry  Eaton,  Roht.  Saunders,  John  Bo¬ 
hannon.  Ed.  Shurlds,  John  Bright,  John  Dawson,  Henry  IMouring. 

Regimental  orders,  Feb.  8,  1814. — “Capt.  Thos.  Hall’s  and  Capt. 
Rich.  Jones’  companies  will  relieve  Ca])t.  Wm.  Rogers’  and  Capt. 
Catesby  Jones’  companies  next  Saturday.  The  above  companies 
will  relieve  each  other  alternately  once  in  two  weeks.  *  *  *  The 
officers  in  Robins’  Keck  will  send  me  a  return  of  their  companies 
and  ammunition ;  also  a  list  of  those  who  have  not  been  on  duty 


134 


The  Baytop  Family. 


agreeably  to  iny  order?,  etc.  The  commanding  officer  on  the  ground 
M’ill  send  a  horseman  to  each  oliieer  commanding  the  relieving  com¬ 
panies  with  a  copy  of  this  order.  My  adjutant  is  with  his  dead 
brother,  which  compels  me  to  call  on  a  horseman.  I  wish  to  see 
Capt.  Pryor  before  I  say  anything  about  his  company  to-morrow, 
if  possible.  (Signed)  William  Camp,  Lieutenant-Colonel,  com¬ 
manding.” 

“To  Capt.  Hugh  Gwyn :  I  have  no  other  papers  in  my  possesison. 
One  list  1  gave  to  Capt.  Eogers.  The  others,  it  appears  to  me,  I 
gave  or  sent  to  Sergt.  Baytop.  On  May  1  (1814)  I  took  command 
on  Ware  Neck  and  was  released  the  11th.  (Signed)  John  B.  Sea- 
well.” 

His  list  of  men:  Lieut.  John  B.  Seawell,  Sergt.  Holt  Cluverius, 
Corporal  James  Leigh,  Corporal  Chas.  Burton.  Privates:  Geo. 
Jackman,  Wm.  Kemp,  Wm.  Leigh,  Eobt.  Gwyn,  Win.  Jackman, 
Stephen  Puller,  Thos.  Baytop,  Thos.  Jarvis,  Wm.  Moore,  Thos. 
Douglass,  Thos.  Fleming,  Sam’l  Jackman,  James  Jarvis,  Ed.  Jarvis, 
Thos.  Hobday,  Addison  Hall  and  Ed.  GriflBn. 

Dec.  19,  1814. — “The  contractor  owes  Capt.  Hugh  B.  Gwyn’s 
company  135  rations,  vinegar,  soap  and  long  forage  for  eight  horses 
three  days. 

Later  (1918),  Sergt.  Baytop  became  captain  of  the  Gloucester 
Company  of  Artillery,  and  the  muster  rolls  of  successive  years  are 
yet  preserved,  and  in  which  many  of  the  above  names  repeat  them¬ 
selves. 

He  was  treasurer  of  the  school  hoard,  1830,  and  paid  the  salary 
of  Meredith  P.  Muse,  teacher.  Late  in  life  Capt.  James  Baytop 
interested  himself  in  the  erection  of  Bellamy’s  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  built  of  brick  and  upon  land  donated  by  an  humble. 
God-fearing  neighbor,  Wm.  Bellamy.  He  became  its  local  minister 
for  several  years,  and  his  descendants  consider  it  a  monument  to 
his  memory. 

Issue  of  Jameso  and  Lucy  Taliaferro  (Catlett)  Baytop,  of  “Springfield,” 
Gloucester  County. 

(1)  Thomas  Charles;'  (2)  Ann  Walker  Carter;'  (3)  William 
Jones (4)  James  Christopher;'  (5)  Lucy  Helen;’  (6)  Martha 
Agnes;’  (7)  Henrietta  Ellen;’  (8)  Eowena  Matilda’;  (9)  Indiana 
Winborn;’  (10)  Margaret  Eugenia,’  as  follows: 

I.  Thomas  Charles’  Baytop  (b.  1815,  d.  1893),  mar.  (I)  1836, 
Sarah  A.  McLaughlin  (b.  1816,  d.  1869),  and  (II)  1870,  Caro¬ 
line  Catlett  Dabney  (b.  1830,  d.  1885). 

II.  Ann  Walker  Carter’  Baytop  (b.  1817,' d.  1894),  mar.  (March 
4,  1835)  Jefferson  W.  Stubbs,  of  “Valley  Front,”  and  cele¬ 
brated  their  golden  wedding  in  1885.  “If  ever  husband  had  a 


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135 


finei’  type  of  a  real  helpmeet,  I  have  never  known  her;  if  chil¬ 
dren  ever  had  a  truer  nobler  Christian  mother,  I  have  failed  to 
see  her — friend  to  the  poor,  sick  and  suffering,  all  knew  the 
tone  of  her  gentle  voice  and  the  touch  of  her  healing  hand.  She 
gave  her  three  sons  to  the  Confederate  Army,  and  made  her 
home  a  hospital  for  as  many  as  fifty  sick  and  wounded  soldiers 
at  a  time;  and  waited  with  a  fervent  hope  while  her  husband 
languished  in  a  Federal  prison.  '  He  was  presiding  justice  of 
Gloucester  county  for  many  years;  president  of  the  Gloucester 
charity  school  for  fifty  years,  and  during  that  period  recording 
steward  of  the  IMethodist  District  Conference,  and  was  always 
prominent  in  the  hiisiness  and  religious  life  of  the  county.” 
Issue,  eleven  children : 

(1)  Eebecca  Eobins,®  d.  y.,  1850. 

(3)  Lucy  Ellen,®  d.  Dec.  24,  1877.  Of  prominent  educa¬ 
tional  influence — a  noble  life  devoted  to  others.  Died 
unmarried. 

(3)  l\rajor  James  New®  Stubbs  (b.  1838),  lawyer,  of 
“Church  Hill,”  Gloucester  Co. ;  alumnus  of  William  and 
IMary  College  and  of  Judge  John  W.  Brockenborough’s 
law  school,  Lexington,  Va.,  and,  after  the  war,  of  the 
ITniversity  of  Virginia.  Of  the  Gloucester  Artillery, 
1861,  and  of  the  Signal  Corps,  rising  to  rank  of  major; 
accompanied  Gen.  John  B.  ^Magruder  to  Texas,  1863, 
and  remaining  with  him  until  the  surrender;  member 
of  House  of  Delegates,  1869,  and  has  served  as  a  dele¬ 
gate  or  senator  for  fifty  years;  vice-president  of  board 
of  William  and  Mary  College,  and  president  of  Blind, 
Deaf  and  Dumb  Asylum  board  at  Staunton ;  commander 
of  Virginia  Confederate  Veterans,  and  member  of 
Botetourt  Lodge  (Masons)  No.  7.  ^lar.  1866)  Eliza, 
dau.  of  Joseph  and  Hester  (Shackelford)  Medlicott; 
celebrated  golden  wedding  1916.  Issue: 

(a)  Jefferson  Dunbar®  (b.  1869),  graduate  of  Lou¬ 
isiana  State  ITniversity,  mar.  Edna  Coleman  (d. 
1896),  and  had  Eebecca  Eobins. 

(b)  William  Carter®  (b.  1871),  mar.  IMarguerite 
Pearson. 

(c)  Emma  Lin  wood,®  teacher  in  Botetourt  High 
school 

(d)  John  Catlett,®  d.  1879. 

(e)  Samuel  Medlicott,®  of  Norfolk. 

(f)  James  Lucian,®  of  Norfolk. 

(4)  Thomas  Jefferson®  Stubbs,  A.  l\r.,  Ph.  D.  (b.  1841,  d. 
Nov.  17,  1915),  graduate  of  William  and  'Mary  College, 
alumnus  of  University  of  Virginia;  Co.  A,  34th  Vir- 


136 


The  Baijiop  Family. 


ginia  Infantry,  Wise’s  Brigade;  of  the  faculty  of  Ar¬ 
kansas  College,  and  member  of  General  Assembly  of 
Arkansas,  1877-79 ;  professor  of  mathematics  in  Wil¬ 
liam  and  Mary  College,  Va..  1888,  until  bis  death;  a 
IMason  and  elder  in  Presbyterian  Church;  commandant 
of  Magruder-Ewell  Camp,  U.  C.  V.;  member  Phi  Beta 
Kappa.  Married  (1869)  Mary  Mercer  Cosnahan,  dau. 
of  Capt.  Joseph  B.  Cosnahan,  C.  S.  A.,  and  wife,  Lonise 
]\[ercer  Waller  (dau.  of  Dr.  Eobert  Page  Waller,  of  Wil¬ 
liamsburg,  Va.,  and  wife,  Julia  Weeden  Mercer,  a  de¬ 
scendant  of  Gen.  Hugh  Mercer,  of  the  Eevolution). 
Issue : 

(a)  Mary  Louisa,”  d.  1870. 

(b)  Anne  Waller  Carter,”  mar.  (1904)  Ballard  E. 
Boswell,  of  Huntington,  Va.,  of  an  old  family 
whose  immigrant  settled  in  Gloucester  Co.  in 

V  the  17th  century. 

(c)  Eobert  Catlett,®  d.  August,  1876. 

(d)  Jefferson  Lawrence,®  d.  March,  1879. 

(e)  Thomas  Jefferson,®  Jr.,  alumnus  of  William  and 
Mary  College  and  Johns  Hopkins  University, 
professor  of  history  in  John  Marshall  High 
School  Eichmond,  Va. 

(f )  Lucy  Taliaferro  Conwa}^,®  d.  1914  in  lovely  young 
womanhood. 

(g)  Mary  Mercer®  (‘‘Mab”),  mar.,  1917,  Eobert 
Marshall  Tomlinson,  now  in  U.  S.  Army. 

(5)  William  Carter®  Stubbs,  Pli.  D.,  of  New  Orleans, 
alumnus  of  William  and  Mary,  Eandolph-Macon  and 
JTniversit)^  of  Virginia,  1868 ;  member  of  Company  of 
“Partisan  Eangers”  of  Gloucester  Co.,  1862,  Capt. 
Tlios.  C.  Clopton,  which  later  became  Company  D,  24th 
Virginia  Cavalry,  Col.  Win.  A.  Eobins,  surrendered  at 
A])pomattox;  professor  of  chemistry  in  Alabama  Agri¬ 
cultural  and  Mechanical  College  1872,  and  State  chemist 
of  Alabama  1878 ;  director  of  Louisiana  Sugar  Experi¬ 
ment  Station  at  Audubon  Park  1885,  esttablished  by  the 
sugar  planters,  and  professor  .of  agriculture  in  Louisiana 
Sttate  University  and  director  of  its  three  experiment 
stations;  State  chemist  of  Louisiana  1886;  established 
Audubon  Sugar  School  1892,  and  State  geologist  for 
Louisiana ;  author  of  works  on  sugar  cane  and  genealog¬ 
ical  pamphlets  on  “Descendants  of  Mordeeai  Cooke  1650,” 
“Descendants  of  John  Stubbs  1652,”  and  “Descendants  of 
Col.  John  Catlett  1650”;  member  of  Cavalry  Camp  No. 
9,  U.  C.  V.,  Kew  Orleans.  Appointed  by  Gen.  John  B. 
Gordon,  Commander  U.  C.  V.,  on  his  staff  1894,  rank 


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of  brigadier  general  ;  was  commissioned,  1900,  by  Pres¬ 
ident  William  McKinley  to  visit  Hawaiian  Islands  and 
report  upon  their  resources  and  to  locate  an  experiment 
station  at  Honolulu.  His  report  was  published  as  House 
Document  No.  368.  Was  State  commissioner  at  fol¬ 
lowing  expositions ;  Atlanta,  Buffalo,  Charleston,  St. 
Louis,  1904,  and  Jameston,  1907.  He  mar.  (1875) 
Elizabeth  Saunders,  dan.  of  Henry  D.  and  Mary  Lou 
(Saunders)  Blair  and  grandda\:ghter  of  Col.  James  E. 
and  Mary  (IVatkins)  Saunders,  of  Lawrence  Co.,  Ala., 
author  of  “Early  Settlers  of  Alabama,”  and  of  “The 
Baytop  Family.” 

(6)  Mary  Ann*  Stubbs,  d.  unmarried  1893. 

(7)  Dr.  John  Catlett*  Stubbs,  of  Baltimore,  d.  1874,  un¬ 
married,  alumnus  of  Universities  of  Virginia  and  Mary¬ 
land  ;  practicing  in  Baltimore,  with  promise  of  a  brilliant 
future  when  he  died. 

(8)  Martha  Maria*  Stubbs,  now  survives  of  all  the  once 
numerous  household  at  Valley  Front. 

(9)  Elizaheth  Baytop*  Stubhs,  died  in  1913,  unmarried. 

(10)  Francis  Dunbar,®  d.  y. 

(11)  Susannah  Eobins,®  d.  y. 

III.  Capt.  William  Jones'  Baytop,  of  the  IMexican  War  and  of  the 
Confederate  States  Army.  The  history  of  this  company  shows 
the  unique  fact  that  his  father,  James  Baytop,  was  its  captain 
in  the  War  of  1912,  and  his  grandfather,  Thomas  Baytop,  was 
its  captain  in  the  Eevolution.  The  roll-calls  of  each  are  almost 
identical  in  family  names  of  the  county  people.  He  was  killed 
at  “Seven  Pines,”  1862,  while  leading  a  charge;  mar.  Eebeeca 
Dobson  and  had  Pocahontas,®  mar.  Capt.  AVm.  W.  Green,  of 
West  Point,  Va.,  and  had  issue : 

(1)  Ashby  Baytop®  Green  (b.  1874),  of  Norfolk,  mar.  Alyrtle 
Avery. 

(2)  Pattie  Saunders®  Green  (b.  1879),  mar.  Custis  Hans¬ 
ford  of  Williamsburg  and  Norfolk. 

(4)  Carrie  Peyton®  Green,  unmarried. 

IV.  James  Christopher,^  lieutenant,  C.  S.  A.,  Fifth  Virginia  Cav¬ 
alry  (d.  1896),  surrendered  at  Appomattox,  mar.  Josephine 
Spotswood  Lewis,  descendant  of  John  Lewis,  of  “Warner  Hall,” 
Gloucester  Co.,  and  of  Gov.  Spotswood;  no  issue.  WITH  HIM 
DIED  THE  l^URNAME  OF  BAYTOP  IN  AMERICA. 

V.  Lucy  Helen'  Baytop  (b.  1825,  d.  1900),  mar.  (1848)  John  Sin¬ 

clair,  of  “Sherwood,”  Gloucester  Co.,  A'a.  Issue: 

(1)  Katherine  Leslie*  Sinclair  (b.  1849),  mar.  (1873)  Eev, 
John  H.  Dye,  of  Searcy,  Ark.  (b.  1842,  in  Sulphur 


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The  Baijtop  Family. 


l\ock,  Ark.),  member  Board  of  Vanderbilt  University, 
president  of  Galloway  College,  and  major’  genl  U.  C.  V. 
of  Arkansas.  Issue : 

(a)  John  Sinclair®  Dye  (b.  1874),  distinguished 
physician  of  Chattanooga,  Teiui,  major  U.  S.  R., 
and  head  of  Surgical  Department  Base  Hospital, 
Camp  Sevier,  Greenville,  S.  C.,  mar.  (Sept.  29, 
1909)  Lucy  Starkweather  Wade,  of  Waterbury, 
Conn.,  and  has  IMartha  Starkweather  (b.  Chat¬ 
tanooga  1913),  John  Sinclair,  Jr.  (h.  Fisher’s 
Island,  N.  A".,  1915),  Robert  Carter  (b.  Water¬ 
bury,  Conn.,  1918). 

(b)  Pattie  Penn®  (b.  1876  at  Searcy,  Ark.),  mar. 
(1905)  Hathaniel  Bradford  Birge,  and  has  Na¬ 
thaniel  B.,  Jr.  (b.  1906),  and  John  Sinclair  (b. 
1908  in  Sherman,  Texas). 

(c)  Martha  Hicks®  (b.  1878),  mar.  (1906)  William 
Herbert  Appleton,  of  New  York  City,  and  both 
are  now  engaged  in  canteen  work.  Eagle  Hut, 
London,  England. 

(d)  Amanda  Henderson®  (b.  April  8,  1880,  Searcv, 
Ark.). 

(e)  Ann  Carter  Gregory®  (b.  1882,  d.  same  day). 

(f)  Lucian  Lightle®  (b.  Jan.,  1888,  d.  June,  1888). 

(2)  Ann  Carter®  Sinclair  (b.  1850),  mar.  Minor  Gregory, 
of  Augusta,  Ark.  (d.  1916)  (his  first  wife).  She  died 
soon  after  marriage. 

(3)  Lucy  Rowena®  Sinclair  (b.  1852,  d.  1887),  mar.  Jeffer¬ 
son  Sinclair  (first  wife),  son  of  Jefferson,  of  Gloucester 
Co.  Issue : 

(a)  Fanny  Lowry'^  (b.  1877),  mar.  Fay  Curtis,  of 
Hampton,  Va.,  and  has  Margaret. 

(b)  Frederick  Walker^  Sinclair,  of  New  Orleans  (b. 
1878),  prosperous  insurance  agent,  mar.  (1907) 
iMary  Rugele}^,  dan.  of  Daniel  Dessassure  Colcock, 
of  the  Sugar  Exchange,  New  Orleans,  and  his 
wife,  Mattie  Rugeley.  Issue:  Marjorie  Leslie,® 
Lucy  Taliaferro,®  Evelyn  Rugeley,®  Ellen  Blair,® 
Frederick  W.,®  Jr.,  and  William  Carter,®  b.  1918. 

(c)  Kate  Leslie"  Sinclair  (b.  1880). 

(d)  John  Baytop"  Sinclair  (“Jack”)  (b.  1882). 

(e)  Thomas  Lowry"  Sinclair  (b.  1884),  missionary 

of  Episcopal  Church  in  China,  mar.  (1913)  Lucy 
Nelson,  dan.  of  Dr.  David  Newton  Rust,  and  has 
two  children.  Thomas  L.,  Jr.,  and  — - . 

(f)  Lucy  Carter'  Sinclair  (b.  1886). 


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139 


(4)  James  Bajtop'*  Sinclair,  of  Bay  Cottage,  Gloucester  Co. 
(1).  1854),  now  game  warden  and  farmer,  mar.  Indiana, 
dan.  of  Jefferson  and  Fanny  Lowry  Sinclair.  Issue: 

(a)  Georgia  Wray^  (b.  1889). 

(b)  Jack.'^  (b.  1891),  now  in  U.  S,  Army. 

(c)  Jefferson^  (b.  1893),  now  in  U.  S.  Army. 

(d)  Lucy  Baytop." 

(e)  Indiana. 

,  (f)  Caroline.'^ 

(5)  Caroline  Bebecca®  Sinclair  (b.  1857),  mar  (1880)  John 
Edward  Ligbtle  (b.  1848,  d.  1913),  of  Searcy,  Ark. 
Issue : 

(a)  Ann  Carter”  (b.  1882),  mar.  (1909)  Charles 
Bradford  Foster,  and  has  Chas.  Bradford,  Jr. 
(b.  1915). 

(b)  Jennie”  (b.  1884),  mar.  (1910)  Arthur  W.  Jack- 
son,  and  has  Behecca  Jane  (b.  1911),  John  Bich¬ 
ard  (1).  1913),  Arthur  Win.  (b.  1915). 

(c)  Martha  Hicks”  (b.  1888),  mar.  <1911)  Wyatt 
Stephen  Sanford. 

(d)  Lucy  Helen”  (b.  1890). 

(e)  James  Sinclair”  (b.  1893). 

(f)  Katherine”  (In  1895). 

(g)  Caroline  Behecca”  (h.  1897). 

(h)  IMary  Taliaferro”  (b.  189!)),  (all  in  Searcy). 

(G)  Christopher  Booth®  Sinclair  (b.  1858,  d.  1908),  mar. 
(1892)  Sue  Lunnie  Bonner.  Issue: 

(a)  Pattie  Lucile”  (b.  1893),  A.  B.  of  Galloway  Col¬ 
lege  1913,  B.  S.  of  Columbia  University  1!)18. 

(b)  William  Christopher”  (b.  1895),  student  Hen¬ 
drix  College  1914-17,  2nd  lieutenant  U.  S.  B., 
and  now  in  19th  Infantry,  U.  S.  Begulars. 

(c)  Edwin  Bonner”  (b.  1898,  d.  1905). 

(d)  Christine  Lunnie”  (b.  DOl),  Graduated  Laura 
Connor  High  School  1918. 

(e)  Jack  Dye”  (b.  1!)07). 

(7)  William  Baytop®  Sinclair  (b.  Gloucester  Co.,  Va..  18G2, 
d.  Searcy,  Ark.,  1894),  mar.  Annie  Bell,  of  Searcy, 
Ark.  Issue: 

(a)  Josephine”  (b.  1890,  d.  1901. 

(b)  Christopher  Booth”  (b.  1892),  cashier  of  First 
Xat.  Bank  of  Gloucester  1919;  Hampton  .Vrtil- 
lerv  1915. 

(c)  William  Bayto])”  (b.  18!)4),  now  2nd  lieutenant 
34th  U.  S.  infantry. 


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The  Baijtop  Family. 


VI.  Martlia  Agnes'  Baytop  (b.  1827,  d.  1898),  mar.  (1851)  Dr. 
Walker  Frederick  Jones  (d.  1900),  of  Gloucester  Co.,  a  de¬ 
scendant  of  Capt.  Boger  Jones  and  Bev.  Hawte  Wyatt.  (See 
Jones  Book.)  His  beloved  and  familiar  figmre  will  be  long  re¬ 
membered  in  Gloucester  Co.,  accompanied  by  bis  gentle,  gray¬ 
haired  Avife.  IssiAe : 

(1)  Eliza  Wiatt®  Jones  (b.  1853),  has  lived  a  useful  life  in 
church  and  school. 

(2)  Clara  Walker®  (b.  1854,  d.  1868). 

(3)  Frederick  Baytop®  Jones  (b.  1856),  of  Gloucester  Court- 
House,  mar.  (1894)  Mary  Lee  Fitzhugh,  his  cousin. 
Issue :  Fitzhugh  Baytop,”  graduated  first  in  his  class  at 
V.  M.  I.  1918;  Frederick  Walker;”  Hetty;”  Mary  Lee.” 

(4)  Lucy  Catlett®  Jones  (b.  1857),  mar.  1886)  Charles 
Jones,  son  of  her  uncle,  Wm.  Ap  Jones.  Issue:  Fred¬ 
erick  Wm.,”  graduate  of  Columbia  College,  and  in  U.  S. 
service  1918;  Catesby  Graham,®  graduate  of  Biehmond 
College;  LaAvyer,”  lieut.  U.  S.  Army;  Maria  Pollard;” 
Mary  Pollard,”  and  Anne  Walker  Carter.® 

(5)  Ann  Walker  Carter®  (b.  1859,  d.  1860). 

(6)  Mary  Graham®  Jones  (b.  1860),  mar.  1894)  Jefferson 
Sinclair,  of  Gloucester  (his  second  wife),  son  of  Jeffer¬ 
son  and  Fanny  LoAvry  Sinclair  (See  Sinclair).  Issue: 
Boger  Jones,”  died  infant ;  Martha  Baytop;®  Emily,” 
and  Lila  Wiatt.” 

(7)  James  Baytop®  Jones,  of  Gloucester  (b.  1863),  mar. 
Maude  Philpotts,  of  Texas.  Issue :  Bebecca”  and  Walker”, 

(8)  Martha  Agnes®  Jones  (b.  1866,  d.  1912),  mar.  (1886) 
Dr.  John  Butler  Broaddiis.  Issue.  Letitia  Miller,”  mar. 
(1916)  John  Mynn  Thruston,  of  Gloucester,  and  has 
EdAvard  Mynn;  Martha  Baytop,®  mar.  (1915)  Hughes 
Ware  and  has  Martha  Hughes;  Genette,”  John  Butler 
Broaddias”,  Jr.,  and  Dabney”  (b.  1912). 

VII.  Henrietta  ElleiP  Baytop  (b.  1829,  d.  1902),  mar.  (1850)  Col. 
Bufus  King  Fitzhugh  (d.  1888),  of  Greene  Co.,  Va.,  and 
moved  to  Augusta,  Ark.  He  was  a  descendant  of  William  Fitz¬ 
hugh  the  immigrant,  and  brother  of  George  Fitzhugh,  author 
of  “The  Old  Families  of  the  Bappahannock”  in  De  Bow’s  Re¬ 
view,  1859.  Issue : 

(1)  Lucy  Stuart®  Fitzhugh  (b.  1851),  mar.  (1874)  Judge 
Stevadson  Allen  Hail,  of  Batesville,  Ark.  Issue : 
Hetty®  (d.  1875);  Stevadson  Allen®  (b.  1876),  mar. 
(1907)  Mabel  Bouse,  and  has  Sadie  Lulu  and  Allene; 
Fitzhugh  Kormand®  (b.  1878,  cl.  1914),  corporal  Co.  B, 
2nd  Ark.  Infantry  in  Spanish- American  War,  mar. 
(1913  Helen  Martin;  no  issue;  Lulu  UnderAvood”  (b. 


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1879,  (1.  1881)  ;  James  Conway®  (b.  1882)  mar.  (1917) 
Berticdean  Davis;  Fairfax  Stuart®  (h.  1884,  d.  1911); 
Itufus  King®  (b.  1887,  d.  1888)  ;  Leenell  Virginia®  (b. 
1887),  (twin),  mar.  Otto  Kenton  McAdams,  and  has 
A'irginia  Laura  (b.  I!)!;]),  and  Otto  Kenton  (b.  1917), 
all  of  Batesville,  Ark. 

(2)  Bufus  King**  Fitzhugh  (b.  1852,  d.  1914),  came,  in 
childhood,  with  his  parents,  from  Virginia  to  their  beau¬ 
tiful  country  home,  “Walnut  Wood,"  near,  Augusta 
Ark.,  graduated  at  age  of  22  at  Auburn  Polytechnic  In¬ 
stitute,  Ala.,  under  tlie  care  of  his  cousin.  Dr.  William 
Carter  Stubbs  (then  professor  of  chemistry).  He  be¬ 
came  one  of  the  most  successful  ])lanters  of  his  county, 
was  a  Dlason  of  the  32nd  degree,  and  was  eminentiy 
loyal  to  his  family  and  friends.  He  married  Lollie 
Davis,  who  has  made  a  devoted  wife  and  mother,  and  is 
giving  her  talents  to  the  rearing  of  their  two  young  sons, 
Kufus  Davis  (b.  19()(;)  and  Thomas  Baytop  (b.  1908. 

(3)  Janies  Baytop*  Fitzhugb  (b.  1855),  of  Batesville,  Ark., 
a  very  successful  merchant  and  planter,  mar.  (1890) 
Jessie  Coffin,  of  Powhatan,  Ark.  Issue:  Lucy  C.”  and 
Virginia  Stuart®  (by  1907). 

(4)  Eugene  Carter**  Fitzbugb,  of  Augusta,  Ark.  (b.  1850), 
unmarried. 

(5)  John  Conway*  Fitzhugdi  (b.  1859),  mar.  (1889)  Mary 
Virginia  IMaxfield,  of  Batesville,  Ark.  Issue:  John 
Conway,®  Jr.  (b.  1893),  now  in  aviation  service  U.  S.  A.; 
Frederick  Eugene®  (b.  1890),  now  in  U.  S.  Kavy;  Mary 
^laxfield®  (b.  1899). 

(0)  Kellie*  Fitzhugh  (b.  1800),  mar.  (1906)  )Vm.  W. 
Byers,  of  Batesville.  No  issue. 

(7)  Alexander  Stuart*  Fitzhugh  (b.  1801),  of  Augusta,  Ark., 
])lantcr,  mar.  (1890)  Alice  Yarnell,  of  Searcy,  Ark. 
Issue:  Stuart  B.®  (b.  1895),  now  in  U.  S.  motor  ser¬ 
vice  in  France;  Bufus  King®  (b.  1905). 

(8)  Diary  Lee*  Fitzhugh  (b.  1803),  mar.  (1894)  Frederick 
Baytop  Jones,  of  Gloucester,  Va.,  her  cousin.  (See 
ante  for  Jones.) 

(9)  Henry  Lay*  Fitzhugh  (b.  1800),  prominent  lawyer  of 
Fort  Smitb,  Ark.,  mar.  ( 1903)  Leila,  dan.  of  Capt.  John 
Allen.  Issue:  Lucy  Lee®  (b.  1908)  ;  Jack®  (b.  1!)12). 

(10)  Charles  Carter*  Fitzhugh.  of  Batesville,  Ark.  (b.  1828), 
mar.  (1907)  Mary  Dutt'ey,  and  has  Frances  E.®  (b.  1910)! 

VlII.  Bowena  DIatilda'  Baytop  (b.  1831,  d.  1873),  mar.  (1855) 
Bobert  Munford  Sinclair  (b.  1828),  son  of  John  and  Dlarsaret 
(DIunford)  Sinclair,  of  Gloucester  Co.,  Dhi.  Issue: 


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The  Baijtop  Family. 


(1)  ]\[argaret  Baytop*  Sinclair  (b.  1857),  mar.  (1880)  Cecil 
Wray  Sinclair,  son  of  Fayette ;  Issue :  Bolland  Carter" 
(b.  i881),  killed  by  accident;  Cecil  Ashton"  (b.  1882)  ; 
Mary  Etta"  (b.  1881),  mar.  (191G)  Edward  P.  Ander¬ 
son;  Eowena  Bay  top®  (b.  1886),  mar.  (1910)  Howard 
F.  Collier;  Edward  Allen®  (b.  1888), mar.  Fanny  Eobins; 
Eobt.  Mnnford"  (b.  1890)  ;  Marshall  lYray"  (b.  1892), 
ass’t  surgeon  IT.  S.  A.;  Thomas  Jefferson"  (b.  1895). 

(2)  Maude  Eoberta®  Sinclair  (b.  1859),  mar.  (1881)  Alex¬ 
ander  Taliaferro  lYiatt,  now,  and  for  many  years,  clerk 
of  Gloucester,  and  president  of  Bank  of  Gloiicester.  He 
and  his  brother,  Wm.  E.  lYiatt  (d.  1917),  long  the  be¬ 
loved  minister  of  the  Baptist  Churches  in  Gloucester, 
are  descendants  of  the  Eev.  Hawte  lYyatt,  brother  of  Sir 
Francis  lYyatt,  governor  of  Virginia  1621.  (See  lYiatt 
this  volume.)  Issue:  Mary  Eowena"  (b.  1882),  mar. 
(1908)  lYin.  A.  Wright,  and  has  Eobert  Sinclair  and 
]\Iary  Palmer;  Clara  Louise,"  d.  y.;  Eobert  Graham"  (b. 
1884),  M.  D.,  lieut.  IT.  S.  A.,  Camp  Greenleaf,  Fort 
Oglethorpe,  Ga.  1918,  mar.  (1916)  Nannie  May  Eudd ; 
Maude  Sinclair"  (b.  1885)  ;  Eleanor  Baytop®  (b.  1887), 
mar.  (1912)  Dr.  Burton  Belcher,  U.  S.  A.,  and  has  Wm. 
Alexander;  Fay  Carter"  (b.  1890),  mar.  (1914)  Eobt. 
Ehodes,  and  has  Maude  Eoberta  and  Clementine  Lee; 
Haute"  (b.  1892)  ;  Jack  Munford®  (b.  1895)  ;  Helen 
j\Iargaret;"  Herbert,"  and  Americus  Yespucius."  (See 
Wiatt.) 

(3)  Fayette  Mimford®  Sinclair,  mar.  Kate  F.  Eeid,  and  has 

i\Iaude,®  mar. - Eogers,  and  has  Fay  S.  and  Grover 

Coleman;  Theodore"  now  in  U.  S.  Army. 

(4)  Mary  Taliaferro®  Sinclair  (h.  1866),  mar.  (18931 
Edwin  C.  Garrett,  of  Baltimore.  Issue:  Mary  Eowena;® 
IMaude,"  mar.  Mr.  Moore  of  Baltimore. 

(5)  Helen  Mackie®  Sinclair  (b.  1870),  mar.  (1893)  Thomas 
Branch  Paschall  (b.  1866,  d.  in  Searcv,  Ark.,  1908). 
Issue:  Pattie  Sinclair"  (b.  1896),  and  Eowena®  (b. 
1905). 

IX.  Ylary  Indiana  lYinburn'  Baytop  (b.  1832),  yet  living,  the  last 
surHving  of  seven  sisters,  mar.  (1856)  Charles  Wortley  Mon¬ 
tague  (d.  1888)  (his  second  wife),  lawyer  of  Gloucester  Co., 
and  in  C.  S.  A.,  Co.  D.,  24th  Va.  Cavalry.  Issue: 

(1)  Charles  Carter®  Montague  (b.  1857),  mar  (1879)  Lida 
Brown  Bethell  (d.  1896),  of  Des  Arc,  Ark.  Issue: 
Charles  lYortley"  (b.  1880)  ;  Ellen  Brown®  (b.  1882)  ; 
Catesby  Jones®  (b.  1884)  ;  lYinburn  Baytop"  (b.  1886)  ; 
Bedford  Bethell*  (b.  1889)  ;  Helen  Gregory®  (b.  1891), 
and  Mary  Lee®  (b.  1893). 


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(2)  Helen  Baytop'*  IMontague  (b.  1858),  mar.  (1884)  Minor 
Gregory  (d.  IDKi),  of  Ark.  (ante)  (second  wife).  Issue: 
Wm.  Xathan  Gregory®  (b.  1885). 

(3)  IMary  Wortley®  Montague  (b.  1859,  d.  1895),  mar. 
(1881)  John  B.  Kittrell,  of  Ark.  Issue:  Samuel  Carter® 
(b.  1883)  ;  Caroline  Baytop®  (b.  1885)  ;  Mary  Wortley® 
(b.  1888)  ;  Charles  Minor®  (b.  1890)  ;  Emma  Catherine® 
(b.  1893),  and  John  B.®  (b.  1895). 

(4)  Janies  Baytop*  Montague  (b.  1809,  d.  1878). 

X.  Margaret  Eugenia  T."  Baytop  (b.  1834),  mar.  (I)  (1856) 
I  honias  M  illiam  Banks,  of  Gloucester  Co.,  C.  S.  A.,  who  died 
in  prison,  1805,  and  (II)  1809,  Bobert  Shield  (b.  1823,  d. 
1895.  Issue: 

■  (1)  William  Thomas®  Banks  (b.  1857,  d.  1881). 

(2)  Cora  Carter®  Banks  (b.  1859),  mar.  Robert  ]iIunford 
Sinclair,  and  had  Blanche  (b.  1885). 

(3)  Florence  Catlett®  Banks  (b.  1801,  d.  1891),  mar.  Henry 
Fielding  Sinclair,  and  bad  Lizzie  Baytop  (b.  1883), 
mar.  Mr.  Newkirk,  and  Henry  (b.  1880).  Issue  by  sec¬ 
ond  marriage  (Shields):  Robert  Saunders  (d.)  ;  Wil¬ 
liam  Henry,  Anne  Carter  (b.  1875),  mar.  James  White 
Chandler;  Orlando  Fairfax,  and  Eugene  Shield. 

It  is  quite  a  remarkable  fact  that  two  of  the  sons  of 
James®  Baytop  left  no  issue,  and  one  had  an  only  daugh¬ 
ter,  and  amongst  his  numerous  descendants  not'one  now 
bears  the  name  of  Baytop. 

.Major  James®  Baytop,  of  the  Revolution  (b.  1754,  d.  1822),  fir.st 
lieutenant  Seventb  Virginia  Regiment,  IMarch  7,  1770;  captain, 
Dec.  11,  1777,  transferred  to  Fifth  Virginia  Regiment  Sept.  14, 
1778.  Resigned  Slay  12,  1779;  major  Seventh  Infantry  Jan.  10, 
1799;  honorably  discharged  June  15,  1800.  (Heitman.)  A  census 
of  Petsworth  parish,  1783,  gives  him  three  white  in  family  and 
eleven  blacks.  He  was  of  the  Petsworth  parish  vestry  1785.  Col. 
John  Page  recommended  to  the  Governor  that  James  Baytop  be 
commissioned  lieutenant-cononel,  he  having  been  unanimously  se¬ 
lected  by  a  full  court  of  field  officers,  since  he  had  served  with  credit 
as  cajifain  in  the  Continental  service,  and  is  esteemed  an  excellent 
officer  of  Virginia  cavalry.  (State  Papers,  Vol.  1.) 

His  home  was  Barren  Point,  \ork  River.  In  1787  he  was  as¬ 
sessed  for  332  acres,  and  in  1789  for  1,050  acres,  and  same  each 
succeeding  year.  He  was  meml)er  House  of  Delegates,  17!)3,  with 
John  Hughes,  and  in  1795  with  l\Iordecai  Cooke,  and  the  Virginia 
Calendar  of  State  papers  mentions  him  as  balloting,  1794,  for  a  suc¬ 
cessor  to  Judge  Spencer  Roane,  of  Court  of  Appeals.  He  was  of  the 
committee.  1790,  with  Philip  Tabb,  Armistead  Smith,  Samuel  Cary, 
IMachen  Boswell,  James  Booker  and  Richard  Billups,  to  settle  the 
account  of  Sir  John  Peyton  (died  1790),  sheriff,  with  Gloucester 


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county,  for  revenues  and  taxes  of  1482.  Hening’s  Statutes,  Vol. 
VII,  contains  an  interesting  account  of  this  settlement.  John  Dixon 
(d  1489)  and  John  Whiting  (d.  1498)  were  the  siicceeding  sheriffs. 

Sir  John  Peytoni  had  married  (1),  1850,  Frances,  daughter  of 
^lordecai  Cooke,  by  whom  were  born  all  his  children.  He  married 
(II)  Mary  Dick,  of  Fredericksburg,  widow  of  James  Taliaferro, 
with  one  son,  John.  Peter  Beverley  Whiting  had  been  security  for 
certain  deputies  of  Sir  John  Peyton.  Both  were  now  dead,  and  their 
widows,  Mrs.  Ann  Mason  Fox  and  ^Irs.  Elizabeth  Cooke  Whiting, 
were  also  involved  in  the  suit  as  execiitors. 

Major  James  Baytop’s  taxes  in  Ware  parish,  1496,  were  £2.13.8. 
He  was  executor  of  Mordecai  Cooke,  1496.  On  June  9,  1492,  he 
petitioned  for  “arms  for  Gloucester  and  Mathews  counties,  fearing 
an  insurrection  of  the  blacks,  being  alarmed  at  the  late  insurrection 
on  the  Eastern  Shore.”  (Virginia  Calendar  of  State  Papers.)  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Cincinnatus  at  its  meeting  at  Eagle 
Tavern,  Eichmond,  Va.,  Oct.  25,  1496  (with  several  other  Gloucester 
gentlemen).  He  was  justice  in  1816;  March,  1822,  appraisement 
of  Janies  Baytop’s  estate,  Mordecai  Cooke,  executor;  Eiehard  Jones, 
“sheriff  and  committee  of  the  estate.”  (Gloucester  records.) 

In  a  deposition  (1829)  William  Armistead,  of  Franklin  county, 
Ohio,  said  that  in  the  year  1806  Col.  James  Baytop,  of  Hampton, 
employed  him  to  build  him  a  house  on  the  farm  called  “Goodwood.” 
Elizabeth  City  county,  etc.  This  deposition  was  in  a  chancery  suit 
at  Williamsburg  between  James  Baytop,  plaintiff,  and  John  S. 
Westwood  and  others,  defendant. 

He  married  three  times:  (I)  Mary  (b.  1448,  d.  1496),  daughter 
of  John  Cooke  (b.  1418,  d.  1495),  ivho  married  (Oct.  9,  1444) 
Elizabeth  Lee.  (Abingdon  Register.)  In  1496  Giles  Cooke,  her 
brother,  qualified  as  “trustee  of  children  of  Col.  James  Baytop  by 
his  late  wife,  Mary  Cooke.”  (She  was  sister  also  to  Thomas  Cooke, 
who  married  Eachel  Murrey  Yates,  below.) 

James®  Baytop  married  (II)  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Matthew 
Whiting,  with  sons,  Matthew  IVliiting  and  John  B.  Whiting. 

In  a  suit  (1805),  Daniel  et  al.  vs.  Whiting,  as  to  a  legacy  of 
negroes,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Baytop,  of  York  county,  deposed;  also 
James  Baytop,  of  York  county,  and  John  B.  Whiting,  who  men¬ 
tioned  James  Baytop  as  his  “step-father.”  John  Baytop,  “of  Mid¬ 
dlesex,”  also  made  depositions.  In  another  deposition  in  York 
county,  1805,  Major  James  Baytop  said  he  was  “late  of  Gloucester 
county.”  He  married  (III)  Dec.  31,  1804,  Catherine  King  Yates 
(1).  1484),  daughter  of  Henry  Beverley  Yates  (who  was  son  of  Eev. 
Bartholomew  Yates  and  his  wife  [1441],  Elizabeth  Stanard).  Her 
sister,  Eachel  Murray  Beverley  Yates,  had  married  (1494)  Thomas 
Cooke  (his  second  wife).  Another  sister,  Elizabeth  Stanard  Yates, 
had  married  John  (juarles,  of  King  and  Queen  county.  These  were 
the  “orphaiis”  of  Harry  Beverley  Yates,  who  married  (I)  Lucy 


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i\rurray,  and  (TI)  (1783)  Jane,  daughter  of  Col.  James  Montague. 
Commissioners  were  appointed  ,1800,  l)y  county  court  of  Middlesex 
county  to  settle  with  Thomas  Roane  “his  administration  of  the 
estate  and  guardianship  of  the  or])lians  of  Harry  Beverly  Yates.” 

In  the  final  settlement  of  Harry  Beverley  Yates’  estate  James® 
Baytop  assumed  his  part,  “in  place  of  his  wife,”  Catherine  King 
Yates.  James  Baytop  came  into  court  and  made  affidavit  (1820) 
that  he  was  “sixty-six  years  old.”  (Gloucester  Records,  Yol.  1,  114.) 
Issue:  James,  Thomas,  John,  Anne,  IMartha  and  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Baytop  (b.  1700).  Of  these: 

(1)  James®  Baytop  (b.  1776),  “d.  1817,  and  unmarried,”  as  tes¬ 
tified  by  his  uncle,  Thomas  Cooke).  His  executor  was  Mor- 
decai  Cooke,  in  1821.  (Gloucester  Records,  1,  411.) 

(2)  Thomas®  Baytop,  d.  y.,  1805. 

(3)  John®  Bayto]).  He  was  a  merchant  in  IJrbanna,  of  the  success¬ 
ful  firm  of  “James  Ross  &  Co.,”  1800.  He  made  a  deposition 
in  York  Co.,  1805,  as  “John  Baytop,  of  Middlesex  Co.,”  and 
Gloucester  County  Records  (Yol.  I)  mention  him  as  one  of  the 
appraisers  (1821)  of  the  estate  of  Francis  Whiting  Cooke  (his 
cousin),  who  died  1820. 

(4)  i\rartha,®  mar.  John  Catlett,  of  “Endfield,”  Gloucester  Co.,  and 
had  an  only  child,  James  Catlett,"  murdered  when  a  young  man 
l)y  a  favorite  slave,  to  whom  he  had  promised  his  freedom  at 
his  death.  IMother  and  son  are  buried  at  “Springfield,”  in 
Gloucester  Co.  (See  note.) 

(5)  Anne.®  the  eldest  daughter,  mar.  Thomas  Archer,  and  had 
IMary,"  mar.  John  Minson,  and  had  Archer  IMinson  and  others. 
There  are  now  surviving  female  descendants  only. 

The  following  is  a  letter  from  Ann  Baytop  (IMrs.  Archer)  “to 
IMrs.  Francis  Whiting  Cooke”  (nee  Elizabeth  Baytop)  : 

“August  (undated). 

‘AIv  Dear  Aunt — It  gives  me  great  uneasiness  to  inform  you  that 
I  cannot,  as  soon  as  1  expected,  return  home.  Believe  me,  nothing 
hut  the  distresses  of  my  poor  papa  would  have  detained  me  so  long 
from  one  for  whom  1  feel  all  the  tenderness  of  a  child  for  its  mother. 
1  have  long  been  convinced  that  you  have  ever  supplied  that  place 
1o  me.  and  I  would  think  myself  unworthy  the  regard  of  any  person 
if  1  ever  forget  the  obligations  you  have  conferred  upon  mo.  It 
gives  me  the  sincerest  pleasure  to  hear  that  you  are  anxious  to  see 
me,  and  1  am  certain  that  nothing  would  afford  me  more  happiness 
than  to  he  with  you  now,  hut  I  also  wish  to  he  with  papa  until  his 
affairs  are  more  settled  than  they  are  at  present.  I  expect  in  October 
the  ])lace  he  now  resides  at  will  he  sold,  and  where  he  will  then 
direct  his  steps  1  know  not.  Heaven,  1  trust,  will  look  with  pity 
upon  his  suffering  and  send  him  that  peace  he  so  much  wants,  and, 
1  hope,  is  not  undeserving  of.  1  have  been  some  days  with  Cousin 


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Sail}-  since  she  came  from  j\ratthews  county.  [This  was  a  daugliter 
of  her  aunt  (above),  and  who  married  Mordecai  Cooke.]  I  received 
the  bonnet  yo\;  were  so  good  as  to  have  made  for  me,  and  for  which 
I  am  extremely  obliged  to  you.  Give  my  love  to  all  tbe  family,  and 
believe  me  to  be  Yours  affectionately,  Anne  IJaytop."'’ 

It  seems  her  father  had  many  financial  worries  and  contracted 
many  debts,  and,  like  a  good  daughter,  she  grieved  with  him ;  but 
lie  was  twice  married  after  that,  and  she  herself  married,  before 
1807,  Thomas  Archer. 

(6)  Sarah  Elizabeth  Smith®  Baytop  (b.  Sept.  18,  1790,  d.  April  15, 
1879),  buried  at  “Pear  Tree  Hall,”  Warwick  Co.,  mar.  (Nov. 
18,  1818)  Gill  Armistead  Cary  (b.  Warch  18,  1783,  d.  March 
25,  1843),  son  of  Col.  John  Cary  (b.  1745,  d.  1795),  of  Eliza¬ 
beth  City  Co.,  Va.,  who  was  member  of  county  committee,  1774, 
and  captain  in  Eevolution.  His  wife  was  Susan,  dau.  of  Gill 
Armistead,  of  New  Kent  Co.  Cary  issue  : 

(a)  John  Baytop’  Cary  (b.  Oct.  18,  1819,  d.  Jan.  13,  1898), 

founder  and  principal  of  Hampton  Military  Academy, 
colonel  in  C.  S.  A.  on  Gen.  Magruder’s  staff,  and  sr^per- 
intendent  of  public  schools  in  Eichmond,  mar.  Columbia 
Hudgins,  of  Mathews  Co.,  and  had  issue;  (1)  Gilla,® 
mar.  (1915)  Col.  IV.  Gordon  McCabe  (second  wife), 
the  distinguished  president  of  Virginia  Historical  So¬ 
ciety  (b.  1842)  ;  (2)  John  Baytop®  (d.  1860;  (3)  Eliza¬ 
beth  Earle,®  mar. - Daniel,  of  Eichmond;  (4)  Effie,® 

mar.  John  L.  "White,  of  Pensacola,  Fla.;  (5)  Sallie 
Campbell®  (d.  1891),  mar.  Louis  P.  Knowles,  of  Caro¬ 
line  Co.;  (6)  Thomas  Archibald.®  mar.  Maria  Abert  and 
had  issue. 

(b)  Dr.  Eobert  N.^  Cary  (b.  1822,  d.  1874,  at  Pensacola, 
Fla.),  major  artillery  C.  S.  A.  around  Eichmond,  mar. 
(1878)  Susan  Fisher  (b.  1834,  d.  1865),  of  Northamp¬ 
ton  Co.,  dau.  of  Miers  W.  and  Julia  (Holland)  Fisher, 
and  had:  (1)  Sarah  Elizabeth  Smith®  (b.  1858),  mar. 
(1873)  Prof.  Wm.  S.  Graves,  of  North  Carolina,  four 
children;  (2)  Juliet  F.®  (b.  1856),  mar.  Herbert  Sitt- 
well,  of  England,  two  children;  (3)  Susan  A.,®  mar. 
Geo.  Nichols,  of  Bedford  Co.,  six  children. 

(c)  Eichard  Miles’  Cary  (b.  1825),  of  Hampton  and  Peters¬ 
burg,  Va.,  and  Mobile,  Ala.,  C.  S.  A.  and  wounded 
severely  June  9,  1864,  near  Petersburg,  mar.  Hannah 
E.  (d.  1893),  dau.  of  John  Cary  Whiting,  and  sister  of 
Dr.  John  Whiting,  and  granddaughter  of  Horace  Whit¬ 
ing.  Issue;  (1) Sallie  Baytop,®  mar.  James  E.  Aber¬ 
crombie,  and  had  Sallie  Cary,  J.  Edwin  (d.  1888),  Eich¬ 
ard  Whiting,  and  Delia  Abercrombie;  (2)  Martha  A.;® 


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(3)  Major  Kic'liard  Miles*  Cary,  of  Cary  &  Co.,  of  Pen¬ 
sacola,  Fla.,  major  of  Third  Battalion,  First  Pegiment, 
Florida  State  troops,  in  Spanish  War,  and  “king”  of 
Pensacola  Carnival  Association,  1902;  (4)Lelia,®  mar. 
Henry  Hall,  Jr.,  of  Mobile,  Ala.,  and  had  Lelia  Cary, 
Flenry  and  Elizabeth  Whiting;  (5)  Clara  Whiting;® 
(6)  Martha  A.® 

(d)  Gill  Armistead^  Cary  (b.  June  5,  1828,  d.  March  5,  1829. 

(e)  Gill  Armistead^  Cary  (b.  1831,  d.  1880),  lieutenant,  C. 
S.  A.,  mar.  Virginia  Smith,  of  South  Carolina,  and  had 
issue  :  Belle,®  and  Martha  Baytop.® 

XoTE, — John®  Cary  (Miles,^  Miles,®  Henry,-  Miles^) 
mar.  Susan,  dan.  of  Gill  Armistead,  of  New  Kent  Co. 
Issue:  Miles  (b.  1707)  ;  John  (h.  1770)  ;  Nathaniel  and 
Col.  Gill  Armistead,  of  Hampton  (b.  1783,  d.  1843), 
mar.  Sarah  FHizabeth  Smith  Baytop,  above  (b.  1790). 

“In  the  close  of  the  genealogy  we  find  ‘James®  Catlett  murdered 
when  a  young  man  by  a  favorite  slave.”  This  was  perhaps  the  most 
intensely  dramatic  situation  ever  felt  in  (Jloucester  county. 

James  Catlett  was  the  only  son  of  his  mother,  who  was  a  widow. 
He  was  just  returned  from  college,  brilliant,  handsome  and  rich, 
with  life  in  its  fullness  spread  out  before  him. 

His  body-servant,  a  mulatto  fellow,  promising,  too,  and  apparently 
faithful,  was  present  when  he  read  his  will  to  a  friend.  To  this 
body-servant  he  left  the  priceless  boon  of  the  human  soul — freedom. 

Soon  after  this  incident  James  Catlett  one  bright  morning  started 
with  this  man  to  a  distant  plantation.  He  was  to  return  that  even¬ 
ing,  but  he  did  not.  The  servant  did  return,  and  announced  that 
his  ma.^ter  was  detained.  The  master’s  prolonged  absence  created 
suspicion,  and  when  the  negro  was  gravely  recpiired  to  tell  what  he 
knew  he  lost  courage  and  tied  to  the  woods.  The  men  of  the  whole 
countryside  started  in  pursuit;  the  women  stayed  at  home  fillled 
with  a  despairing  dread. 

Dogs  were  let  loose  and  fell  in  with  sj)irit  for  the  ghastly  chase. 
A  favorite  dog  of  Janies  Catlett  led  to  the  discovery  of  his  body  near 
his  home,  where  it  was  covered  deep  with  earth,  brushwood  and 
leaves.  Days  passed  before  the  murderer  was  trapped,  desperate, 
weak  and  famished  in  the  woods. 

A  trial  ensued  and  he  was  condemned  to  death.  Old  residents 
have  told  us  of  the  hanging — how  the  negroes  from  all  the  planta¬ 
tions,  and  many  \vhite  citizens,  too,  fded  in  garrulous  lines  from  the 
various  plantations  to  the  courthouse  to  watch  a  pitiful  and  tre¬ 
mendous  tragedy. 

No  doubt  the  condemned  body-servant  professed  religion  noisily, 
if  he  had  not  done  so  before,  and  his  admiring  colored  friends  saw 
him  rise  from  the  gallows  to  realms  of  untold  freedom  within  the 
blue  sky  wJiich  spread  above  his  shame. 


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This  Baytop  genealogy  embraces  so  ninch  that  it  will  ever  be  a 
valuable  reference,  not  only  for  genealogy,  but  also  for  history. 
Much  light  is  thrown  on  the  War  of  1812.  We  can  hear  dramatic 
tones  and  smell  the  battle,  if,  indeed,  afar!” — Mrs.  Sally  Nelson 
Eobins. 

Johii®^  Baytop  (youngest  son  of  Janies^  and  Sarah  [Smith]  Bay- 
top)  (b.  1756),  ensign  Second  Virginia,  June  1,  1778;  second  lieu¬ 
tenant  Aug.  9,  1778;  first  lieutenant  May,  1779,  and  served  till 
January,  1780.  (Heitman.)  He  died,  unmarried,  1799,  at  the 
home  of  his  sister,  Mrs.  Philip  Taliaferro,  “Hockley,”  in  King  and 
Queen  county. 

“In  the  name  of  God,  Amen!  I,  John  Baytop,  of  the  county  of 
King  and  Queen  and  parish  of  Stratton  Major,  being  of  sound  and 
perfect  memory,  do  make  and  ordain  this  writing  to  contain  my 
last  will  and  testament  and  do  dispose  of  my  estate  as  follows : 

“Imprimis. — I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Colo.  Philip  Taliaferro 
my  mare,  saddle  and  bridle,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever. 

Item. — I  lend  unto  my  niece,  Sarah  Smith  Shackelford,  during 
her  natural  life  my  negro  woman  Hannah  and  her  two  children, 
with  their  future  increase,  and  at  her  death  to  be  equally  divided 
between  the  children  she  may  then  have  or  their  heirs,  which  said 
negroes  I  then  give  to  them  and  their  heirs  forever. 

“Item. — I  desire  that  the  money  due  me  from  Capt.  Thomas 
Booth  (after  all  Just  debts  and  expenses  are  paid  therefrom),  to¬ 
gether  with  the  rest  of  my  negroes  not  disposed  of,  may  be  divided 
into  five  parts,  one  of  which  I  lend  unto  Cornelius  Livingston  and 
Sarah  Hughes  during  their  natural  lives,  and  at  their  deaths  to  be 
given  to  their  children.  One  other  part  I  give  to  my  sister,  Eliza¬ 
beth  Cooke;  one  other  part  to  my  brother,  Thomas  Baytop;  one 
other  part  to  my  brother,  James  Baytop,  and  the  remaining  part 
unto  Philip  Taliaferro,  which  said  parts  I  give  to  them  and  their 
heirs  forever ;  and  I  do  further  make  the  said  Philip  Taliaferro  my 
residuary  legatee  and  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament.  In 
witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  twenty- 
seventh  day  of  JaiTy,  1799.  John  Baytop.  [seal] 

“Signed,  sealed  and  acknowledged  in  presence  of  James  Jones, 
James  Banks,  James  B.  Taliaferro,  Eichard  Taliaferro. 

“At  a  court  held  for  King  and  Queen  county  at  the  courthouse, 
Monday  8th  of  April,  1799,  this  last  will  and  testament  of  John 
Baytop,  dec’d,  was  offered  for  proof  by  Philip  Taliaferro,  the  ex¬ 
ecutor  therein  named,  and  was  proved  by  the  oaths  of  James  B. 
Taliaferro  and  Eichard  Taliaferro,  two  of  the  witnesses  thereunto 
sulxscribed,  and  also  by  the  oath  of  the  said  executor,  and  is  ordered 
to  be  recorded.  Teste.  Egbert  Pollard,  C.  C.’ 

This  copy  was  made  for  Mr.  William  T.  Shackelford  and  ad- 
dresssed  to  liim  at  Little  Plymouth,  King  and  Queen  county. 


The  Bayiop  Family. 


149 


SINCLAIR  NOTE. 

It  is  the  tradition  of  tlie  Sinclair  family  of  Gloucester  county, 
Va.,  this  their  ancestor,  Henry  Sinclair,  from  Aherdeen,  Scotland, 
‘‘the  lost  heir,”  was  stolen  and  brought  to  Virginia  when  a  small 
child,  and  identified  later  by  his  name  aiyd  the  clothing  of  a  gentle¬ 
man’s  son.  At  any  rate,  he  lived  in  Isle  of  Wight  county,  and  was 
the  father  (besides  of  others,  perhaps,)  of  John-  Sinclair,  of  “Berry 
Hill,”  near  Smithfield,  Isle  of  Wight  county,  and  Ilobins  Heck, 
Gloucester  county,  whose  will  was  probated  in  Gloucester  county, 
Aug.  18,  1815.  Gloucester  tax  books  give  him  1,280  acres  in  1795, 
ami  1,440  in  1798.  He  married  (I)  Elizalieth,  sister  of  Solomon 
Wilson,  of  Isle  of  Wight,  and  had  Elizabeth,  Thomas  and  ^lary 
Jones  Sinclair.  Of  these: 

Elizabeth'’*  mar.  Copeland  Parker  (first  wife),  customs  officer  for 
Xorfolk.  1772,  and  brother  of  Col.  Josiah  Parker.  Issue;  Hich- 
olas  Wilson  Parker,  mar.  Elizabeth  Bush,  and  had  Elizabeth, 
mar.  Dr.  Poljert  Pose,  and  Diary,  mar.  Dr.  Herbert  DI.  Hash ; 
Elizabeth  Sinclair  Parker,  mar.  Capt.  John  Courts  Jones,  of 
Clean  Drinking  Manor,  Md.,  and  had  Hichola  E,  Jones;  Ann 
Parker,  married  John  Allmond,  of  Horfolk.  (Va.  Hist.  May., 
VI,422.)  Thomas  Sinclair  was  living  1813,  and  had  daughter, 
Margaret  M. 

Capt.  John  Sinclair  married  (II)  Diary  Dlackie,  of  Gloucester, 
daughter  of  Andrew  Dlackie,  widow  of  Thomas  lanson,  with  chil¬ 
dren,  Archibald,  Pichard  and  Elizabeth  lanson.  In  an  old  survey 
book  at  the  clerk’s  office  is  a  survey  of  2,000  acres  in  1792,  “the 
Dlackie  estate,”  at  the  point  of  Pol)in’s  Heck.  Elizabeth  lanson 
married  - Webster,  and  had  John,  Alice  and  Archibald  Web¬ 

ster.  Andrew  Dlackie  appears  in  the  Gloucester  tax  lists,  1787,  with 
1,600  acres.  In  1792  the  division  of  his  estate,  with  accompanying 
plat,  was  as  follows:  “Dlrs.  Dlackic’s  dower,  400  acres;  Patsy 
Dlackie,  wife  of  lanson,  KiO;  Charlotte  Dlackie,  160;  Diary,  wife 
(first)  of  Thos.  lanson,  and  (second)  John  Sinclair,  160;  Elizabeth 
Dlackie,  160;  Andrew  Dlackie,  160;  .Drcdiibald  Dlackie,  200;  John 
Dlackie,  300;  DIargaret  Dlackie,  300”  (the  last  three  at  the  point). 
B}"  this  last  marriage  (Dlackie),  John  Sinclair  had. issue: 

(1)  John**  Sinclair  (b.  1798),  mar.  (1)  Diary  DIunford,  (II)  Lucy 
Baytop.  (See  Bay  top.) 

(2)  Caroline**  Sinclair,  mar.  Cary  Jones,  and  had  Dlartha,  mar. 
Hockey  Collier. 

(3)  Diary'*  Sinclair,  mar.  - Jones,  and  had  one  child,  Elva, 

mar.  Dr.  Cooper,  H.  S.  A.  He  was  surgeon  at  Fortress  DIonroe, 


150 


The  Baijtop  Familij. 


1865,  and  they  extended  many  courtesies  to  their  distinguished 
prisoner,  President  Jetferson  Davis,  of  the  Confederacy. 

(4)  Jetferson®  Sinclair,  of  Hampton,  Va.,  mar.  Georgiana  Wray. 
Issue : 

(a)  Jeffersou,'^  mar.  Frances  Lowry,  and  liad  Jetferson,  mar. 
(I)  Lucy  Sinclair,  (II)  Mollie  Jones,  her  cousin.  (See 
Baytop  Family  for  issue.)  See  page  151. 

(b)  Lafayette,'*  mar.  Mollie  Allen,  and  had  Margaret,  Ed¬ 
ward,  Cecil,  Mollie,  Fanny,  Thomas,  Loekey  and  Ann. 

(c)  John,*  mar. - ,  and  clied  Avithout  issue. 

(d)  Wra}^,*  d.  s.  p. 

(e)  Henry,*  mar.  Martha  Louisa,  dau.  of  Tabb  Catlett,  and 
had  Keith,  mar.  Mary  Catlett;  Diana  and  Louisa. 

(f)  Georgiana*  Wray,  mar.  Eobt.  Colgate  Selden,  and  had 
Eobt.  Colgate,  Sinclair,  Mary,  Wray,  Elizabeth  Lewis, 
and  Charlotte. 

(g)  Keith,*  mar.  Ida  Phillips,  and  had  Jetferson,  Caroline 
and  Eoy. 


WHITING  NOTE. 

James*  Whiting,  1642,  a  patent  in  Gloucester  county.  His  land 
on  North  river,  Gloucester  county,  1652,  joined  John  ITssery  and 
Joseph  Croshaw.  His  son.  Dr.  Henry®  Whiting,  of  Ware  parish 
1670,  vestry  1674,  major  of  Horse  1680,  burgess  1683  with  John 
Buckner,  councillor  1690,  treasurer  of  Va.  1692,  mar.  (before  1670) 

Aphia,  widow  of  Eichard  Bushrod,  (II)  Elizabeth  - ,  living 

in  Gloucester  1729  as  “widoAv  of  Col.  Henry  Whiting.”  Issue: 
Henry,  Francis,  Thomas,  Elizabeth  (Mrs.  John  Clayton),  and 
Catherine  (Mrs.  John  Washington).  Of  these.  Major  Henry  Whit¬ 
ing  (d.  1728),  tobacco  agent  1702,  sheriff  1723,  mar.  Anne,  dau.  of 
Col.  Peter  Beverley  (d.  1728),  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Peyton,  and 
had,  among  others.  Col.  Thomas  Whiting  (b.  1712,  d.  1781),  influ¬ 
ential  merchant  at  Gloucester  Town  1751,  burgess  1758,  colonel  of 
Gloucester  militia  1775,  mar.  (I)  Elizabeth  (b.  1740,  d.  1766), 
dau.  of  John  Thruston  and  wife,  Sarah  Mynn;  (II)  Elizabeth,  dan. 
of  Wm.  Beverly,  of  “Blandfleld” ;  (III)  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  John 
Seawell,  of  Gloucester,  who  mar.  (II)  Samuel  Cary.  Issue,  fifteen 
children,  of  whom  eight  survived  him,  as  mentioned  in  his  Avill,  Oct. 
15,  1780  ((Va.  Hist.  Mag.,  XYIII,  358;  William  and  Mary  Quar¬ 
terly,  IV,  108)  :  “To  son  Thomas,  600  acres  in  Abingdon  parish, 
30  slaves  and  houses  and  lots  in  Gloucester  town  (Gloucester  Point) ; 
son  Henry,  one-half  the  Hackney  and  Munford  plantation  in 
Abingdon  parish;  son  Horatio  G.,  one-half  of  above  plantation;  to 
daughters,  Sarah,  15  slaves;  Catherine  B.,  15  slaves;  Elizabeth 


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151 


Thruston,  15  slaves;  Susannah,  15  slaves;  Jane,  15  slaves,  and  Ann 
Beverley,  15  slaves.”  Of  these: 

(1)  Elizabeth  (d.  1722),  mar.  (I)  (1782)  her  cousin,  John  Thrus¬ 
ton  (b.  1761,  d.  1802),  son  of  Eev.  Charles  Mynn  Thruston; 
(II)  Capt.  Aaron  Fontaine,  of  Louisville. 

(2)  Sarah,  mar.  James  Hubard,  and  had  son,  Thomas  Huhard. 

(3)  Catherine  Beverley,  mar.  (I)  Lieut.  Stevenson,  of  the  Eevolu- 
tion;  (II)  William  Lowry,  and  had  Thomas  Whiting  Lowry.* 

(4)  Thomas  Beverly,  mar.  (I)  -  Whiting;  (II)  Elizabeth 

Kennon,  widow  of  Henry  Perrin,  and  had  Dr.  Tom  and  Ken- 
non  Whiting,  of  Gloucester  (b.  1796),  mar.  Ann  Wythe  Mal¬ 
lory,  parents  of  Gen.  Julian  Wythe  Whiting,  of  Mobile,  Ala. 

(5)  Susanna,  mar.  (I)  (1786)  Gibson  Cluverius,  d  1790;  (II) 
(1792)  John  Lowry,  brother  of  William  (above). 

(6)  Jane,  mar.  Chas.  Grymes,  and  had  Charles  and  Mary  Grymes. 

(7)  Henry  (d.  1810),  executor  of  John  C.  Pryor. 

( 8 )  Horatio  Gates. 

(9)  Anne  Beverley,  mar.  (I)  Major  John  C.  Pryor,  of  the  Eevolu- 
tion;  (II)  Charles  Fremont.  Issue:  Gen.  John  C.  Fremont, 

U.  S.  A. 


*Thomas  Whiting  Lowry  (above)  married  Martha  Bush  Mallory,  and 
and  had  ten  children,  among  them  (1)  Frances,  married  Jefferson  Sinclair, 
and  had  Jefferson,  married  (I)  Lucy  Sinclair,  (II)  Mollie  Jones;  (2)  Thos. 
Lowry;  (3)  Ashton;  (4)  Martha  Mallory,  mar.  (I)  Bartlett  Eobins,  (II) 
Archie  Eobins;  (5)  Indiana  Lowry,  mar.  James  Baytop  Sinclair  (brother 
of  Lucy);  (6)  Ann  Wythe,  married  Lockey  Sinclair. 


LOWEY  NOTE. 

Wm.  Lowry,  of  Elizabeth  City  county.  Feoffee  of  Hampton  1719 

(will  probated  1724),  married  (1689)  Frances  Purefoy  (widow  of 

Eichard  Hand,  d.  1689).  Issue: 

(1)  Franoes,  mar.  Thos.  Kerhy  and  had  five  children. 

(2)  John  Ix)wry,  mar.  Mary  - ,  and  had  William,  captain 

under  Col.  George  Washington  1758,  mar.  Catherine  Bev¬ 
erley  Whiting  (above)  (dan.  of  Thomas),  widow  of  Capt.  Ste¬ 
venson.  Issue,  four  children :  Thomas  Whiting  Lowry,  Cath¬ 
erine,  Elizabeth,  and  Mary  Lowry. 

(3)  Wm.  Lowry,  mar.  (I)  Jane - ,  (II)  Eachel  - . 

(4)  Capt.  Edward  Lowry. 

(5)  Margaret,  mar.  Eichard  Booker,  and  had  son,  William  Booker. 

Frances^  Purefoy,  above  (Thomas,^  Capt.  Thomas,^  burgess  1629, 

councillor  1631),  had  issue  by  her  first  husband,  Eichard  Hand: 

(1)  Hannah  Hand,  mar.  (I)  Capt.  Wh.  ^larshall,  (II)  (1694) 


152 


The  Bai/top  Familij. 


Capt.  Eichard  Booker,  of’ Grloiicester  Co.,  and  had  George  and 

Frances  (d.  1152),  mar.  -  Stokes,  and  others. 

(2)  Martha  Hand,  mar.  John^  Tabh,  h.  1676,  (Thomas,-  Hum¬ 
phrey^).  Issue: 

(a)  Thomas,*  of  Amelia  (d.  1769),  mar.  (I)  Elizabeth 
Mayo,  (II)  (1735)  Eebecca  Booker. 

(b)  Edward,*  of  Gloucester  (b.  1719,  d.  1782),  mar.  (1749) 
Lucy  (b.  1721,  d.  1791),  dan.  of  Christopher  Todd. 

(c)  IViliiam.* 

(d)  John,*  of  Kingston  parish,  Mathews  Co.  (then  Glou¬ 
cester).  (William  and  Mary  Quarterly,  125;  Va.  Hist. 
Mag.,  IV,  171). 


WYATT  NOTE. 

Wiatt,  from  County  Kent,  England,  and  Gloucester  County,  Virginia. 

Arms,  AA'yatt :  Party  per  fesse  azure  and  gules,  a  barnacle  argent. 

Arms,  Haute :  Or,  a  cross  engrailed  gules. 

(William  and  Mary  Quarterly,  XII,  35,  et  seq.) 

Adam  VAatt  married  a  daughter  of  AA^'iggan  de  Xorwoods. 

Henry  Wyatt  (sixtli  in  descent  from  Adam)  was  knighted  by 
Henry  VII.  Vdiile  imprisoned,  his  life  was  saved  by  nourishment 
from  a  cat.  His  son,  Thomas'^  AA'yatt,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Brook,  Lord  Cobham.  Elizabeth  married  (II)  Sir  Ed¬ 
ward  VArner,  and  their  descendants  also  came  to  America.  Thomas® 
V'yatt,  the  son,  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Sir  Wm.  Haute,  of  Kent. 
He  was  knighted  temp  EcLvard  A^I,  and  beheaded  first  year 
of  Alary.  His  son.  Sir  George"  Vyyatt,  of  Boxley  Abbey,  Kent, 
England,  died  1625.  Elizabeth  restored  his  estate  and  knighted 
him.  He  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Finch,  and  had, 
among  others,  Sir  Francis  (Governor  of  Virginia  1621,  d.  1644), 
and  Eev.  Haute*®  Wyatt  (b.  1594,  d.  at  “Boxley,”  Kent,  England, 
1638),  minister  at  Jamestown,  A^a.,  1621,  married  (I)  Elizabeth 

-  (d.  1626),  (II)  Anne -  (d.  1631).  Left  in  A^irginia 

sons,  George**  and  Edward,**  by  first  ■wife,  and  John**  by  second. 
Edward**  patented  1,230  acres  on  the  Poropotank  in  Glo\ieester, 
1662.  The  V'yatt  seats  in  Gloucester  were  “Boxley,”  “Oakley,”  and 
“Old”  and  “Xew  ITpton.”  He  married  Jane  Conquest  and  was 
dead  in  1672.  His  son,  Conquest*^  W3'att  (d.  1706),  had,  among 
others,  Edward,*'®  merchant  in  Gloucester,  church  Avarden  of 
Petsworth  parish,  1742,  died  1745,  and  had  Captain  John** 
(b.  1732,  d.  1805),  church  Avarden  PetsAAwth  parish  1755,  mar¬ 
ried  Alary  (b.  1725,  d.  1794),  daughter  of  Christopher  and 
Elizabeth  Todd,  of  “Toddsl)ury.”  His  son,  Dr.  Wm.  EdAvard*®  (b. 
1762,  d.  1802),  sheriff  of  Gloucester  1802,  married  (1781)  Alary, 


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153 


daugliter  of  John  Graliam,*  of  Prince  William  county,  Va.,  and 
Elizabeth  Cocke,  and  had,  among  others,  Eliza  Maria^®  Wyatt, 
married  Walker  Jones,  grandson  of  Secretary  William  Cocke  and 
his  wife,  Elizabeth  Catesby  (sister  of  Mark  Catesby,  the  traveler 
and  naturalist,  who  died  in  London  1748,  leaving  200  copper  plates 
of  American  birds  and  beasts,  drawn,  engravened  and  colored  by 
himself.  These  were  the  parents  of  Dr.  Frederick  Walker^^  Jones, 
IVilliam  Ap  Jones  and  others),  and  Dr.  William  GrahanP®  Wiatt, 
sheriff  of  Gloucester  1830,  who  married  (1823)  Louisa  C.  Stubbs, 
daughter  of  John  Segar  Stubbs,  parents  of  Eev.  Wm.  Wiatt, 
and  Alexander  Taliaferro'"  IViatt,  now  clerk  of  Gloucester  and  pres¬ 
ident  of  the  Bank  of  Gloucester,  married  ilaud  Sinclair (  above). 


SCOTT-BAYTOP  FAMILY. 

Anne  Baytop,  of  Gloucester  county  (daughter  of  Thomas,  horn 
1676  in  Staplehurst,  County  Kent,  England),  and  sister  of  James, 
of  “Springfield,”  Gloucester  county,  Va.,  married  Thomas  Scott,  of 
Gloucester  co\inty  (the  immigrant  from  County  Cumberland,  Eng¬ 
land),  and  removed  to  Caroline  county,  where  they  were  living 
1771.  Issue:  Thomas,  James,  and  John,  who  died,  1773,  in  Glou¬ 
cester  county.  Of  these : 

1.  Col.  Thomas-  Scott  (h.  1727,  d.  1804),  mar.  (1)  (1754)  Cath¬ 
erine  (h.  1733,  d.  1766),  dan.  of  Dr.  Charles  Tomkies,  of  Glou¬ 
cester  (will  1737),  and  his  wife,  Mary,  dau.  of  Dr.  David  Alex- 


*Note  1. — Dr.  Wm.  Cocke,  Secretary  of  State  1712-1722,  married  Eliza¬ 
beth,  sister  of  Mark  Catesby.  A  son,  Catesby  Cocke  (b.  1702),  of  Bel¬ 
mont,  Fairfax  county,  father  of  Capt.  John  Catesby  Cocke,  of  the  Eevo- 
lution,  who  married  (1784)  -  Thornton,  and  of  Elizabeth  Cocke,  mar¬ 

ried  John  Graham,  of  Prince  William  county  (son  of  .Tohn  Graham,  of 
Perthshire,  and  related  to  the  Duke  of  Montrose).  His  will,  1783  (probated 
1787)  mentions  children:  “Robert,  Walter,  William,  John,  Catesby,  Jane, 
and  son-in-law,  William  Edward  Wiatt,’’  who  had  married  his  daughter, 
Mary  Graham,  in  1781.  (William  and  Mary  Quarterly,  XII,  112.) 

Note  2. — Elizabeth  Cocke,  died  1762  (daughter  of  Secretary  William 
Cocke  and  sister  of  Catesby  Cocke,  of  Belmont,  Fairfax  county),  mar¬ 
ried  (I)  William  Pratt,  will  1722  (Page  book,  60),  merchant  in  Gloucester 
county,  and  (II)  Feb.  14,  1725,  Col.  Thomas  Jones  (will,  probated  Hano¬ 
ver  county  1758),  son  of  Capt.  Roger  Jones,  the  immigrant.  Among  their 
ten  children  was  Col.  William  Jones  (b.  1734),  “Old  Horn,’’  of  “Marl- 
field,’’  Gloucester  county,  married  (1766)  Lucy,  daughter  of  William  and 
Ann  (Walker)  Taliaferro,  widow  of  Charles  Carter,  of  “Cleve”  (son  of 
Robert,  or  “King,’’  Carter).  His  wife’s  only  child,  Ann  Carter,  married 
John  Catlett,  of  “Timberneck,' ’  and  both  families  moved  from  King 
William  to  Gloucester  county  1780-93.  A  son.  Walker  Jones,  married 
Elizabeth  Maria  Wiatt,  parents  of  Mrs.  Wortley  Montague,  Dr.  Walker 
F.,  Cai)t.  William  Ap,  and  Mrs.  Stephen  Field,  all  of  Gloucester.  Only 
the  descendants  of  Col.  Thomas  .lones  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Catesby  Cocke, 
are  entitled  to  the  name  of  “Catesby.’’ 


154 


The  Baytop  Family. 


antler,  of  Gloucester  (whose  wife,  Ann,  was  one  of  the  two 
daughters  of  Francis  Morgan,  burgess  in  1647)  ;  (II)  (1790) 
^[rs.  Euth  Billups,  of  Gloucester.  Issue  (all  by  first  wife),  five 
children : 

(1)  Thomas,-'*  b.  1755,  d.  infant. 

(2)  Mary**  Scott  (b.  1758),  mar.  Wm.  Watts,  of  Campbell 
Co.,  and  had  issue : 

(a)  Bettie^  Watts,  mar.  Hon.  Wm.  Bucks,  of  Missis¬ 
sippi,  and  had  Arthur,  Henry  and  Malvina,  who 
mar.  Hon.  Wm.  Merger,  of  Jackson,  Miss. 

(b)  Gen.  EdwarcB  Watts,  of  Botetourt  Co.,  Va.,  mar. 
a  dau.  of  Gen.  Breckenridge,  and  had  John  B. 
Watts. 

(c)  Mary*  Watts,  mar.  Hon.  Bichard  Morris,  of  Han¬ 
over  Co.,  Va.  Issue:  Mary  Louisa^  mar.  Thos. 
Bolling,  of  Goochland  Co. ;  John  Barton,**  of 
Ky. ;  Hon.  Bichard,**  of  Texas;  Edward,®  of  Va. ; 
Charles,**  of  Va.,  professor  in  University  of  Ga. ; 
Bettie,®  mar.  Bichard  K.  Cralle,  of  Greenbriar, 
Va. ;  Sylvanus®,  M.  D.,  of  Hanover  Co.,  mar. 
Page  Waller. 

(d)  Alice^  Watts,  mar.  (1814)  Judge  Fleming  Saun¬ 

ders  (b.  1778,  d.  1858),  of  Franklin  Co.,  Va., 
son  of  Peter  Hyde  Saunders  (See  Early  Settlers 
of  Alabama.)  Issue  (besides  four  who  died 
young)  :  Peter®  (b.  1823),  mar.  Elizabeth,  dau. 
of  Bev.  John  Blair  Dabney,  and  had  Edward 
W.,**  Speaker  of  Va.  1898  and  member  of  Con¬ 
gress,  mar.  Mary  IValker,  of  Lynchburg,  and  had 
several  children;  Wm.  D.,®  mar.  (1899),  Eliza¬ 
beth,  dau.  of  Bobt.  Montgomery,  of  New  Orleans, 
and  Alice®  Lee;  Anna  Maria®  (b.  1825),  mar. 
Col.  Thos.  L.  Preston,  of  Charlottsville,  Va. ; 
Major  Bobert  Chancellor®  (b.  1827),  mar. 
(1851)  Caryetta,  dau.  of  Prof.  John  Davis,  of 
University  of  Va.,  and  had  Alice,®  mar.  James 
Davis ;  Eugene  Davis,®  professor  of  law  in  Tulane 
University,  New  Orleans;  Dr.  Edward,®  of  St. 
Louis:  Mary  Jane;®  Elizabeth  Gardner,®  mar. 
Wm.  Hickson;  Bobt.  C.,®  Staige,®  and  Walter,® 
lawyer,  of  St.  Louis,  mar.  Louisa  Kiser,  and 
Susan  B. ;®  Louisa  Morris,®  mar.  Bichard  T. 
Davis  (first  wife),  and  had  Lucy,®  Anna,®  and 
Caryetta;®  Fleming,®  mar.  -  Gwathmey,  and 

,  had  Eva,®  Fleming,®  Carter,®  and  Ailsie.® 

(e)  Ann^  Watts,  mar.  Temple  Gwathmey,  of  Bich- 
mond,  Va. 


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155 


(3)  !Major  Francis^  Scott  (b.  1756),  of  Prince  Edward  Co., 
captain  in  Lee’s  Legion  in  Revolution,  mar.  (1777) 
Ann,  sister  of  Col.  Joseph  Wyatt,  of  Charlotte,  Va. ; 
she  died  in  Lawrence  Co.,  Ala.  Issue,  fourteen  children : 

(a)  Joseph  W.*  Scott,  mar.  Mary  Carrington,  and 
had  George  C.®  and  iVIarv  C.,®  mar.  Tazewell  Mor¬ 
ton,  of  Richmond,  Ya. 

(h)  Catherine  Tomkies*  Scott  (b.  1777),  mar.  John 
Garden,  of  Charlotte  Co.,  and  was  living  1854 
with  son,  Thomas  J.  Garden,  of  Prince  Edward 
Co. 

(c)  Joseph  Wyatt*  Scott  (h.  1780),  mar.  Mary,  dau. 
of  Judge  Carrington.  Issue:  George  C.®  and 
Mary  Carrington,®  who  mar.  Tazewell  ^lorton, 
of  Richmond. 

(d)  Francis*  Scott  (h.  1782),  mar.  - Price,  of 

Charlotte  Co.  Issue:  Susan®  A.,  mar.  Alex.  C. 
Owen,  of  Lafayette  Co.,  Ark,  and  had  five  chil¬ 
dren. 

(e)  Hon.  Thomas*  Scott  (h.  1784),  mar.  - 

Inge  and  moved  to  La.  A  son,  Frank,®  lived  in 
Alexandria,  La. 

(f)  Sarah*  Scott  (h.  1785).  mar.  Dr.  Young,  of  Mo. 

(g)  Ann*  Scott  (h.  1788),  mar. - Jemison,  and 

was  living  in  Lawrence  Co.,  Ala.,  1854.  (Her 
mother’s  sister.  Sarah  Wyatt,  was  the  wife  of 
Wm.  Bihh  and  mother  of  two  Governors  of  Ala¬ 
bama  :  William  and  Thomas  Bihh.  These  sisters 
met  in  Alabama  after  manv  years’  separation.) 
Issue:  Thomas;®  Francis,®  mar.  Emily  ]\Iicheaux, 

of  Ala.:  Sarah.®  mar.  - —  Gibson,  of  Ala.; 

Catherine,®  mar.  Roht.  "Moseley,  of  Miss.;  Clem¬ 
ent,®  d.  V. 

(h)  Elizabeth*  Scott  (1).  1790),  mar.  Capt.  Matthew 
Williams,  of  Charlotte  Co.,  and  left  two  children, 
names  unknown. 

(i)  Charles  Tomkies*  Scott  (h.  1792),  lawyer  and 
State  senator,  Alexandria,  La. 

(j)  Martha*  Scott  (li.  1794.  d.  1843),  moved  to  Ala. 
with  IMrs.  Jemison  and  there  married  Hartwell 
Thompson,  of  Huntsville,  Ala.,  and  moved  to 
Columbus,  IMiss.  Issue;  (1)  Francis  Scott,'’’ 

mar.  (1)  -  Sykes,  (II)  IMrs.  Outlaw,  and 

had  several  children  by  first  wife  (names  not 
known),  and  Baird,'  and  Scott'  Thompson  by 
the  second,  who  moved  to  Florida;  (2)  Thomas 
Burton,  d.  y. ;  (3)  De  Witt;'*  (4)  Elhert  H. 


15G 


The  Baijtop  Fainihi. 


(5)  Sarnli,'*  and  Jnlia  Scott/’  born  in  Morgan 
Co.,  Ala.,  mar.  ^lilton  Odeneal,  of  Cohmibns, 
Miss. ;  no  issue. 

(k)  lilarv*  Scott  (b.  1796),  mar.  Thos.  Bonldin 
Spencer,  of  Charlotte  Co.,  Ya.,  and  had  five  chil¬ 
dren. 

(l)  John  Baytop'*  Scott  (b.  1799)  ;  lived  in  Alexan¬ 
dria,  La. 

(m)  Eobert'*  Scott  (b.  1801),  formed  a  law  partner¬ 
ship  with  Isaac  Garrett  in  Monroe,  La. 

(n)  WillianC  Scott  (b.  1807),  moved  to  Texas,  and 
had  sons,  Frank®  and  Thomas,®  of  Alabama. 

(4)  Gen.  John  Baytop®  Scott  (b.  1761,  d.  1813), of  Halifax 
Co.,  Ya.,  left  Hampton-Sidney  College  at  age  of  16  and 
joined  the  famons  Legion  of  Gen.  “Light-Horse”  Harry 
Lee,  with  rank  of  lieutenant,  and  was  colonel  command¬ 
ant  by  brevet  and  civil  commandant  at  Cape  Giradeau, 
Mo.,  of  the  District  of  Mississippi,  from  April  20,  1805, 
to  April  21.  1806,  and  Avas  captain  in  War  of  1812  of  a 
company  of  Eevolntionary  veterans  called  “The  Silver 
Greys,”  and  brigadier-general  of  State  troops,  member 
of  Society  of  Cincinnatns  and  was  candidate  for  Con¬ 
gress  Avhen  he  died  in  1814.  Married  (I)  (1782)  Bliz- 
.  abeth  Coleman  (d.  1783),  no  issue;  (IT)  (1785) 
Martha,  dan.  of  Wm.  and  Eachel  Thompson.  Issue: 

(a)  Mary  C.,'‘  mar.  John  E.  Cocke  and  moved  to 
Greene  (/o.,  Ala.,  1824.  Issue:  John  Cocke,® 
mar.  (I)  Amanda  Bohannon,  (II)  America 
Cherry,  and  had  John,®  Lucy  Herbert,®  mar.  (I) 

S.  M.  Webb,  (II)  - Brooks  of  Eankin  (/o.. 

Miss.;  Mary  Bathurst,®  mar. - Westbrook,  of 

Texas;  William,®  C.  S.  A.,  killed  1863  ;  Amanda ;® 
Lucy  H.®  Cocke,  mar.  Geo.  Goodrum,  of  Ark., 
and  had  'William,®  Mary,®  Martha,®  George®  and 
Jack,®  captain  in  Ark.  infantry,  C.  S.  A.; 
Martha  T.®  Cocke,  mar.  (I)  John  (jray  (of  James 
Scott  line),  and  had  John,®  Jr.,  C.  S.  A.,  killed 

1863;  Frances®  C.,  mar.  -  Bxrrden,  Jr.; 

Mary  Scott.®  mar.  (I)  John  B.  Scott,  (TI) 
Sani’l  Hainvood,  and  had  Mary  L."  Scott, 
Matthew^  Scott,  and  Euffin  G.  HarAvood  and 
Eobet  E.’'  HarAvood.  "Wm.  T.  S.  Cocke,®  M.  D., 
mar.  Harriet  Jack  (of  James  Scott  line).  Issue: 
Mary,®  Margaret,®  and  Anna.® 

(b)  William  T.*  Scott,  M.  D.,  mar.  Charlotte  (d. 
1821),  dan.  of  Hon.  Christopher  Clark,  member 
of  Congi’ess  from  Bedford  Co.,  Va.  Issue:  Chas. 


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Clark,®  mar.  ]\Iary  Bell,  of  Kemper  Co.,  IVliss., 
and  died  18(52  in  C.  S.  A.,  leaving  Jennie,®  mar. 
-  Hale,  of  Ky.;  Willie,®  Samnel,®  Char¬ 
lotte,®  Chas.  Clark,®  Jr.,  and  perhaps  others. 

(c)  John  Watts'*  Scott,  mar.  Eliza  C.,  dan.  of  Wm. 
Irvine,  of  Bedford  Co.,  Va.  Issue :  Charlotte 
C.,®  mar.  A.  W.  Davis,  of  Tallahatchie  Co.,  IMiss., 
and  had  Bettie®  and  Kate;®  Martha  A.,®  mar. 
Francis  M.  Watkins,  of  Farmville,  Va.  (author  of 
“Thomas  Watkins  of  Chickahominy”  pamphlet). 
Issue:  Henry  I.®  Watkins,  city  engineer.  Little 
Bock,  Ark. ;  Eliza,®  Agnes  V.,®  Charlotte  D.,® 
Catherine  C.,®  IMary  Cabell,®  Francis  S,®  Samuel,® 
Ji;dge  Asa,®  of  Farmville;  Martha.®  Wm. 
Irvine®  Scott,  lawyer,  died  1846  unmarried; 
Catherine  Tomkies®  Scott,  mar.  Dr.  B.  Coleman, 
of  Miss.;  Charles  T.®  Scott,  of  Cal.;  James  T.® 
Scott;  Christopher  Hudson®  Scott,  killed  in  Nica¬ 
ragua  1858,  in  expedition  of  Gen.  IVm.  Walker. 

(d)  Thomas  Bavtop'*  Scott,  lawyer,  died  1824  in 
Ala.  No  issue. 

(e)  James  Baytop'*  Scott,  mar.  Louisa  Bohannon. 
Issue:  John  Baytop,®  mar.  Mary  Scott  Gray 
(ante);  Martha  Ann,®  mar.  James  flooring,  of 
Gainesville,  Ala.,  and  had  Lizzie®  and  John;® 
James  T.,®  mar.  Mattie  Beckham,  of  IMarengo 
Co.,  Ala.,  and  had  IMattie  IM.®  and  Kate  W.® 

(f)  Francis  Tomkies'*  Scott  (b.  LSOO),  of  IMiss.,  mar, 
(I)  Margaret,  sister  of  Patrick  and  Church 
Jack,  (II)  Elizabeth  Wliite,  (III)  Annie  "Wal¬ 
ton,  of  Kenyon  and  Noxubee  counties,  IMiss. 
Issue:  Patrick  Jack,®  Thomas  Francis,®  and  per¬ 
haps  others. 

(g)  ]\rartha  A.'*  Scott,  mar.  Dr.  James  P.  Hill.  Issuer 
Anne  P.,®  mar.  Erasmus  Fawcett,  and  had 
Francis  S.®  and  Elizabeth.® 

(h)  Christopher  Columbus*  Scott  (b.  1807,  d.  1859), 
moved  to  Ala.  1824  with  his  brothers  and  sisters, 
mar.  (18;)2)  Elizabeth  Strother,  dan.  of  Judge 
Daniel  Smith  (of  AVaverlcy,  Buckingham  Co., 
Va.,  president  of  General  Court  and  of  Special 
Court  of  Appeals  of  Va.)  and  located  at  Gaines¬ 
ville,  Ala.,  and  in  1844  at  Camden,  Ark.,  and 
was  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Arkansas, 
1849,  until  death.  Issue,  nine  children:  Daniel 
Smith®  Scott,  IM.  1).  (d.  1857),  mimarried ; 
Francis  Tomkies®  Scott  (b.  18,‘15,  d.  1918),  cap- 


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tain  Co.  B.,  lltli  Ark.  Cavalry,  C.  S.  A.,  mar. 
Leila  McMahon.  Issue:  Fannie'^  (b.  1869),  mar. 
J.  F.  Walker  and  has  Leila  Scott;"  Helen®  (b 
1873)  ;  Jennie®  (b.  1875)  ;  Frank®  (b.  1880)  ; 
Christopher,®  mar.  Katherine  Harwell  and  has 
Francis  Tomkies,"  Christopher,"  and  Katherine;" 
Mary.® — Mary  Frances®  Scott  (b.  1837,  d.  1915), 
mar.  (1854)  Capt.  John  W.  Tobin,  of  -New  Or¬ 
leans.  Issue:  Mary  Higley®  (b.  1856,  d.  1859)  ; 
Daniel  Gaillard®  (b.  1858,  d.  1859)  ;  Mary  Oail- 
lard,®  mar.  Charles  P.  McCan,  of  New  Orleans, 
and  had  Kate  Eliz.'^  mar.  Ed.  E.  Greenlaw ;  Fanny 
Tobin,^  mar.  A.  Ward  Cobb;  Hester^  (b.  1885, 
d.  1891);  David  Chambers'  (b.  1884),  and 
Charles  P.'^  (b.  1887)  ;  Fanny  John,®  mar.  Thos. 
H.  Underwood,  of  New  Orleans,  and  had  Tobin 
Herndon"  (b.  1887),  mar.  (I)  Sophie  Dnrel, 
(II)  Jehanne  Dnrel,  fonr  children;  Emily  Eliza¬ 
beth  Mand,®  mar.  Leon  Gustave  Gibert,  of  New 
Orleans,  and  has  Leon  G."  (b.  1893)  ;  Ellen  Vir¬ 
ginia,®  mar.  Albert  Sidney  White  (son  of  Maun- 
sell),  and  has  Maud  Tobin'  (b.  1897);  Ellen 
TobiW  (b.  1899)  ;  Elizabeth  Bradford^  (b. 
1901)  ;  Albert  S.,'^  Jr.,  and  John  Tobin"  Wliite. 
John  Francis  Tobin,®  of  New  Orleans  (b.  1871), 
mar.  (1904)  Eliska  Paule  Provosty,  of  New 
Orleans,  and  has  John  Wm.'^  (b.  1905)  ;  Eliska 
P."  (b.  1907)  ;  Mary  Frances^  (In  1909)  ;  Mary 
Louise  Eugenie'^  (b.  1911)  ;  John  Francis  Paule'^ 
(b.  1915)  ;  Christopher  Columbus®  Scott,  Jr.  (b. 
1841),  captain  5th  Ark.  Battery,  Light  Artillery, 
C.  S.  A.,  now  of  Arkadelphia,  Ark.,  mar.  Jane 
Toney,  and  had  James®  (b.  1866,  d.  1890)  ;  Eliza¬ 
beth®  (b.  1869),  mar.  B.  Luce,  and  has  Mary 
Blucker,"  Jane  Elizabeth,"  and  Charlotte;^ 
Birdie®  (b.  1873),  mar.  N.  W.  Sharpe,  and  has 
Norville  Wallace^  and  Donald  Scott  Claire®  (b. 
1877,  d.  1879)  ;  Nellie,®  mar.  All^ert  Jordan, 
and  has  Elizabeth  Scott ;"  Elizabeth  Strother® 
Scott  (b.  1843)  mar.  (1858)  L.  W.  Gay¬ 
lord,  of  Bristol,  Connecticnt,  and  had  issue: 
Scott®  (.  1859),  mar.  Mary  Spencer;  Elizabeth 
Lillian,®  mar.  Chas.  E.  Urquhart,  of  New  Or¬ 
leans,  La.,  and  has  Elise,''  mar.  Philip  Eichard 
Duggan,  and  has  Philip  Eichard,®  Jr.  (b.  Aug. 
3,  1915)  ;  Marie®  Elise  (b.  Feb.  19,  1918)  ;  Lil¬ 
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(1915),  and  lias  Barbara®  (b.  Dec.  19,  1915; 
Wilkins  Fisk’  (b.  Aug.  18,  1896)  ;  Eobert  Scott,® 
d.  y. ;  Kate  Scott®  (b.  1846,  d.  1863,  unmarried)  ; 
Julia  Stone®  Scott  (b.  1849),  mar.  I.  W.  Caidiaid, 
of  Ark.,  and  had  Whitfield  Scott®  (b.  1876),  mar. 
Bessie  Chamberlain;  Henrietta  Danley®  Scott  (b. 
1852),  mar.  Alfred  A.  Tufts,  of  Camden,  Ark. 
Issue :  IMaud’  ( deck! ) . 

(i)  Elizabeth  Kebecca  ColemaiF  Scott,  mar  (I)  Dr. 
T.  D.  Bell,  (II)  L.  B.  Fawcett,  (III)  Robert  G. 
McMahon,  of  Gainesville,  Ala.  Issue  (Bell)  : 
Fanny,®  Hessie,®  Bessie,®  Turner,®  Kate,® 
Martha®  and  Mary®  (twins),  Effie®  and  Lily® 
(twins),  and  Eobert  M.®  (By  McMahon)  :  Eliza¬ 
beth  E.  C.®  and  Mary  Scott.® 

(5)  Capt.  Charles®  Scott  (b.  1763),  of  Falkland,  Halifax 
Co.,  Ya.,  mar  Priscilla  Read,  of  Charlotte  Co.,  Va. 
Issue:  Isaac  Read,'*  d.  y. ;  'Mary  E.,*  mar.  Kathaniel  E. 
Venable ;  Catherine  Tomkies,'*  d.  y. ;  SarahJ  mar.  Win. 
A.  Carrington,  of  Halifax  Co.,  Va.,  and  had  Charles 
Scott®  Carrington ;  Henry  E.,^  joined  a  company  of 
Rangers  in  Texas  and  was  killed  by  Indians;  Harriet, ^ 
mar.  (I)  Thomas  Read,  (II)  Anderson  l\Iorton;  Maria,* 
died  unmarried ;  Louisa,*  mar.  Samuel  V.  Watkins,  of 
Petersburg,  Va. ;  Charles.*  d.  y. ;  John  B.,*  mar.  Mrs. 
IMary  Redd  and  moved  to  California. 

(6)  Thomas  Tomkies®  Scott  (b.  1765),  died  unmarried  at 
the  old  homestead  in  Prince  Edward  Co.,  Va.  See  his 
letter,  dated  “Charlotte,  Sept.  23,  1804,”  to  Capt.  Thos. 
Baytop,  of  Gloucester,  beginning,  “Dear  Kinsman,”  and 
signed  “A"our  aff’t  Kinsman.” 

11.  James®  Scott  (b.  in  Caroline  Co.,  Va.,  1728,  d.  1776),  son  of 
Col.  Thomas  and  Anne  (Baytop)  Scott,  moved,  1750,  to  Prince 
Edward  Co.,  Va.,  and,  in  1770,  to  South  Carolina,  mar. 
Frances  Collier  (dan.  of  John  Collier,  of  “Porto  Bello,”  above 

Yorktown,  who  mar.  (1)  - Ballard,  (II)  - Gaines, 

(III)  Xancy  Eyres).  Issue,  ten  children: 

(1)  Frances  A.,®  mar.  (1)  Reul)en  Coleman,  (II)  John 
Catlett.  Xo  issue. 

(2)  Anne,®  mar.  Micajah  kIcGehee,  son  of  Edward  and 

- (De  Jarnette)  l\fcGehee,  of  Amelia  Co.,  Va.,  and 

moved  to  the  settlement  of  Virginians  on  Broad  river, 
Georgia  (See  “Gov.  Gilmer’s  Georgians”).  Issue,  13 
children.  l)orn  in  ()glethor])e  Co..  Ga.:  James,*  mar. 

- Johns  and  had  five  children;  Thomas  Baytop,*  mar. 

Betty,  dan.  of  John  Gilmer,  and  had  12  children  ;  Eliz- 


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abeth/  mar.  Abraliam  Hill,  of  Ga.,  and  had  Dr.  Abra¬ 
ham®  and  Mrs.  Blanton  Hill ;®  Charles,^  d.  s.  p. ;  Fran¬ 
cis,^  d.  s.  p. ;  Abner^  (b.  1779,  d.  1855),  of  Montgom¬ 
ery,  Ala.,  mar.  (I)  Charlotte  Spencer,  (II)  Jane  Gilmer, 
1-1  children;  William'*  (d.  1833),  mar.  (I)  Martha,  dan 
of  Gen.  Benj.  Taliaferro,  of  Ga.,  (II)  (1817)  Elizabeth 
(b.  1783,  d.  1836),  dan.  of  James  and  Jane  (Thomp¬ 
son)  Watkins,  of  Elbert  Co.,  Ga.,  and  had  10  children; 
Sarah,*  mar.  (I)  Thomas  Hill,  (II)  Dionysius  Oliver 
(second  wife),  and  had  six  children  in  all;  Judge  Ed¬ 
ward*  McGehee  (b.  1786,  d.  1880),  of  Woodville,  Miss., 
planter,  philanthropist  and  financier,  mar.  (I)  (1811) 
Margaret  L.  Crosby,  (II)  (1823)  Harriet  A.  Goodrich, 
(III)  (1829)  Mary  H.  Burruss  (b.  1812,  d.  1873), 
dau.  of  Eev.  John  C.  and  Elizabeth  (Brame)  Burruss, 
and  had  issue ; 

(a)  Cynthia  Ann,®  mar.  John  S.  Walton,  of  New  Orleans; 
no  issue. 

(b)  James  Jack,®  died  young. 

(c)  Sarah  Houston,®  mar.  John  W.  Burruss  (son  of  Eev. 
John)  and  had  Ann  M.,®  mar.  Judge  John  H.  Kennard; 
Catherine  P.,®  mar.  Henry  Ginder,  of  New  Orleans; 
Edward  ]\I.,®  died  unmarried;  Mary  E.,®  died  unmar¬ 
ried;  Sarah  L.,®  mar.  Judge  Eobt.  Semple. 

(d)  James  H.,®  died  young. 

(e)  Edward  John®  (b.  1820,  d.  1868),  mar.  (1841)  Ann  Car¬ 
ter  (b.  1825,  d.  1879),  and  had  Edward  J.,®  C.  S.  A.,  21st 
Miss.,  mar.  Corinne  Evans,  and  had  six  children ;  Harry 
T.,®  C.  S.  A.,  mar.  Margaret  Percy,  three  children,  and 
A.  Kerwin,®  mar.  Kate  Towles,  six  children. 

(f)  Charles  Goodrich®  (b.  1823,  d.  1903),  of  Woodville, 
Miss.,  mar.  Stella  McNair  (d.  1859).  Issue:  Eobt.  M.,® 
Dr.  Edward,®  of  New  Orleans;  Laura,®  mar.  Hugo 
Davis,  nephew  of  Jefferson  Davis;  Stella,®  mar.  George 
A.  Adams ;  Charles,®  d.  y. ;  Howard  B.,®  mar.  Hattie, 
dau.  of  Bishop  Galloway,  of  M.  E.  Church,  South. 

(g)  Micajah®  (b.  1826,  d.  1880),  unmarried;  went  with 
Gen.  Freemont’s  expedition  to  California,  1848.  See 
Century  Hag.,  March,  1891). 

(h)  Harriet  Ann,®  d.  y. 

( i )  William,®  d.  y. 

( j )  Francis,®  d.  y. 

(k)  George  Thomas®  (b.  1833),  of  Woodville,  Miss.,  A.  M. 
of  Yale  College,  captain  21st  Miss.,  C.  S.  A.,  and  on 
Gen.  Kershaw’s  staff,  mar.  Lily  McNair.  No  issue. 

(l)  John  Burruss®  (b.  1835,  d.  1913),  of  Laurel  Hill, 
Jliss.,  C.  S.  A.,  planter  and  member  of  Legislature,  of 


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rare  wit  and  charm,  mar.  (1834)  Catherine  Elizabeth 
Stewart,  and  has  J.  Stewart,®  planter,  mar.  L.  C.  John¬ 
son. 

(m)  Caroline  Elizabeth,®  mar.  Duncan  Stewart  and  has 
George,®  !^^ary,®  Louise,®  Ida,®  Henry,®  Ed.®  and  Cath¬ 
erine.® 

(n)  Wilbur  Fisk®  b.  1839,  d.  18.59). 

(o)  Mary  Louisa,®  mar.  S.  H.  Snowden,  and  had  Wilbur 
Fisk,®  d.  y.  and  Mason,®  mar.  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  E.  M. 
l\IcGehee. 

(p)  Scott,®  of  New  Orleans  (b.  1843,  d.  1916),  Third  La. 
Eeg.,  C.  S.  A.  (Col.  Fred  N.  Ogden),  mar.  (1873) 
Louise  (b.  1856,  d.  1896),  dau.  of  Charles  Schaumberg, 
of  St.  Louis.  Issue :  Louise,®  Ethel,®  and  Major  Schaum¬ 
berg  McGehee,  of  Washington  Artillery,  141st  U.  S.  Eeg. 
(1918). 

(q)  Abner,®  d.  y. 

(r)  Harriet,®  d.  y. 

(s)  Augusta  Eugenia®  (b.  1854,  d.  1883,  unmarried). 

John  ScotC  McGehee,  of  Panola,  Miss.,  Mar.  IMalinda, 
dau.  of  Miles  Hill,  and  had  11  children,  all  wealthy  and 
influential;  AbrahanP  McGehee,  mar.  (I)  Harriet  Hill, 
(II)  Catherine,  dau.  of  John  Peniston,  of  England, 

Governor  of  the  Bermuda  Islands,  (HI)  - Smith, 

of  Ala.;  issue:  James,®  Harriet,®  Ira  Edward,®  andMarie 
Josephine,®  mar.  Aug.  W.  Jourdain,  of  New  Orleans. — 
Hugh*  IMcGehee,  of  Panola,  Miss.,  mar.  Sarah,  dau.  of 
Shelton  White,  and  had  five  children;  Lucinda*  Mc¬ 
Ghee,  mar.  Dionysius  Oliver  (first  wife),  and  had 
^larv,®  Frank,®  Susan  Scott,®  Peter,®  Dionysius®  and 
Edward®  (twins)  Susan®  and  Margaret  Oliver.®  (See 
“Early  Settlers  of  Alabama”  for  McGehee  and  Oliver.) 

(3)  Thomas  Baytop®  Scott  (d.  1830  in  Cahaba,  Ala.), 
fought,  as  a  lad,  in  the  Eevolution.  His  second  wife 

was -  Cunningham,  of  South  Carolina  (first  not 

known).  Issue:  John  James,*  mar.  - Benson,  of 

^lontgomery,  Ala.,  bad  John,®  mar. - Englehardt, 

and  had  Ecbecca;  William,*  killed  in  battle,  and  Cath¬ 
erine.* 

(4)  Col.  John  B.®  Scott  (b.  1773,  d.  1839).  (See  further). 

(5)  James®  Scott,  sheriff  Eichmond  Co.,  Ga.,  died  unmar¬ 
ried. 

(6)  Daughter,®  mar.  Hezekiah  Gray,  of  Elbert  Co.,  Ga. 

(7)  Mary  Eliza,®  mar.  (1770)  James  Stubbs,  of  Georgia 
(ancestors  of  many  of  the  name  in  the  South.  See  “De- 


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scendant  of  John  Stubbs  of  Cappabosic,  Ya.,  1653/’  by 
Dr.  IVilbain  Carter  Stubbs,  of  New  Orleans.) 

(8)  Daughter,®  mar. - Key,  of  Edgefield,  S.  C. 

(9)  Daughter,®  mar.  - Spencer,  of  Augusta,  Ga.,  and 

bad  Octavius,*  Charlotte,*  and  Harriet.* 

(10)  Daughter,®  mar.  Dr.  Charles  Gacbet  (first  wife),  no 
issue;  be  mar.  (II)  Ann,  dan.  of  James  and  Mary  Eliza 
Stubbs,  above.  Descendants  in  x41a. 

Of  the  above,  Col.  John  Baytop®  Scott  (b.  1773,  d. 
1839),  mar.  (1795)  Eliza  Coiemau,  in  Augusta,  Ga., 
moved  to  ]\Iilledgeville  1804,  and  built  the  capitol,  and 
then  to  Montgomery,  Ala.,  1808.  Issue,  14  children, 
of  whom  (l)Frauces  Ann*  (b.  1796);  (3)  Eliza*  (b. 
1797),  and  (3)  Emily*  (b.  1799),  all  died  young.  The 
others  were : 

(4)  Thomas  Baytop*  Scott  (b.  1800,  d.  1854),  mar.  (1833) 
Martha  G.  (b.  1807,  d.  1854),  dan.  of  Nicholas  and 
Ann  (jMatthews)  Marks;  both  died  of  yellow  fever  in 
Montgomery.  Issue:  Alfred  M.®  (b.  1834,  d.  y. ;  Clem¬ 
entina  B.®  (h.  1836),  d.  y. ;  Mary  Virginia®  (b.  1837, 
d.  1863),  mar.  (I)  Edward  Nesbitt,  and  had  Anna,® 
mar.  (1869)  Eobt.  Goldthwaite  and  had  Mary  F.,  Eobt. 
IV.,  Edward  N.,  Olivia,  Eichard,  George  and  Duval 
Bedford  Goldthwaite;  Susan,®  mar.  George  Hailes; 
Mrs.®  Nesbett  mar.  (II)  Philomon  T.  Sayre  and  had 
Thos.  Scott®  (b.  1856),  Mary®  (b.  1859),  and  John  B.® 
Scott  (b.  1862)  ;  John  Baytop®  Scott  (b.  1831),  mar. 

(I)  -  Howard,  (II)  (1863),  Grace  Bay  (b. 

1846)),  dan.  of  Eobt.  Tyler,  of  Montgomery,  Ala.,  and 
had  Janies  Jlarks®  (b.  1866),  Mary  Y.®  (b.  1868),  and 
Eobt.  Tvler®  (b.  1871)  ;  Eliza  Camilla®  Scott  (b.  1834). 
mar.  (T)  (1853)  Joel  Joseph  Knox  (b.  1839,  died  of 
yellow  fever  1854)  ;  issue,  Edward  Nesbitt®  (b.  1853), 
Joel  Joseph®  (b.  1854)  ;  mar.  (II)  (1858)  Win.  Boyd 
Armistead  (b.  1830),  and  had  Elliott  Scott®  (b.  1860), 
Geo.  IMatthews®  (b.  1861),  Eosalie  (b.  1866,  d.  1868). 

(5)  Alfred  Yernon*  Scott  (b.  1803,  d.  1860),  mar.  (I)  ]\Iary, 
daii.  of  Gov.  YTn.  Bibb,  of  Alabama,  and  had  Eliza 

Ann,®  mar.  James  Boykin,  and  had  Frances,®  mar. - 

Micou,  Mary  Bibb,®  Charlotte  Tajdor,®  Janies  Bur- 
well,®  Ernest,®  and  Thomas;®  John  Bandolph®  Scott; 
Ellen,®  mar.  Eohert  Darrington  Boykin  and  had  Cath¬ 
erine,®  Sarah,®  and  Eobt.  D. ;®  Thomas  James®  Scott, 
C.  S.  A.,  killed  at  Seven  Pines;  Alfred,*  mar.  (II)  Ee- 
becca  Nixon;  issue,  Alice,®  mar.  Dr.  Algernon  Sydney 
Garnett,  of  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  and  had  five  children 
(names  not  given),  Alfred®  Scott;  William  0.  Nixon® 


The  Baytop  Family. 


1G3 


Scott  (1).  1850),  of  AVashiiigton,  11.  C.^  and  greatly  in¬ 
terested  in  this  family  genealogy. 

(6)  John*  Scott  (h.  1805),  d.  s.  p. 

(7)  Elliott*  Scott  (1).  1807),  d.  s.  p. 

(8)  James  Edward*  Scott,  D.  II.,  of  Texas,  (h.  180!)),  mar. 
(I)  (1833)  Milly  He  Jarnette  Hall  (b.  1818,  d.  1858)  ; 
issue,  John  Elliott®  b.  1835),  Benj.  Warfield®  (b.  1837), 
James  Edward®  (b.  1838),  Alfred  Vernon®  (b.  1839), 
Samuel  Coleman®  (b.  1841)  (all  died  young)  ;  Thomas 
Baytop®  (1).  1842,  d.  1873),  Eutb  Ann®  (b.  1844),  mar. 
(1807)  Cbam]non  S.  Hill,  and  bad  James  Scott®  (b. 
1807),  John  Elliott®  (b.  1870),  Milly®  (b.  1871),  Sarah® 
(b.  1873),  and  a  son®  (b.  1874);  IMary  Vernon®  (b. 
1840,  d.  1847),  Clifton®  (b.  1847),  Emily  V®  (b.  1849), 
mar.  Edwin  G.  Bower,  and  had  bidwin  S.®  (b.  1809), 
Win.  Aubrey®  (b.  1870),  Butb  Hall,®  (b.  1873)  ;  Bobt. 
Scott®  (b.  1851,  d.  1804),  Wm.  Scott®  (b.  1854),  John® 
(b.  1850),  James®  (b.  1857,  d.  1808)  ;  Bev.  James  Ed¬ 
ward®  (b.  1809),  mar.  (11)  (1859)  IMary  ilartin  El¬ 
more,  and  bad  Lilea®  (b.  1801),  and  Vernon®  (b.  1805). 

(9)  Eliza  Ann*  Scott  (b.  1811),  mar.  in  Lowndes  Co.,  Ala. 
(1827)  Lorenzo  James  (b.  1805  in  Kershaw  District, 
S.  C.,  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Harrington)  James, 
of  S.  C.)  Issue:  Emily  Virginia®  (b.  1829)  (wrote, 
1875,  most  of  the  above  Scott  family  register),  mar. 
IMajor  Henry  Cburcbill  Semple,  of  iilontgomery,  Ala., 
C.  S.  Artillery  (son  of  Judge  James  Semple,  pro¬ 
fessor  of  law  at  William  and  Marv"  College,  Va.),  and 
had  T.  Harrington®  (b.  1858,  d.  1905),  lawwer  of  Kew 
A^ork,  mar.  Bosa  Gunter  and  had  T.  Harrington,  Jr., 
Ellen  and  Emily  ;'Bev.  Henry  Semple,®  S.  J.,  of  1)1013110, 
Ala. ;  Lorenzo ;®  Sister  Dlargaret  Mary,®  of  IMobile ;  Irene® 

and  Emily,®  living  with  their  mother  in  Dlontgomery, 
1905:  Alfred  Scott®  (b.  1831,  d.  1874);  Clementina® 
(b.  1833),  mar.  (1857)  Daniel  II.  Cram;  Diary  Eliza® 
(b.  1837).  mar.  (1850)  Charles  L.  DIatbews,  and  bad 
Eliza®  and  Frances  DI.;®  Frances®  (b.l842),  mar. 
(1800)  Burwell  Boykin,  and  has  Tbos.,®  Elliott®  and 
Tlenry®  (b.  1874)  ;  Elliott  L.®  (b.  1845),  mar.  (1873) 
Theresa  Ann  Gilchrist,  and  bad  Xorman®  (b.  1874)  ; 
Ellen  Scott®  (b.  1849)  ;  Laura®  (b.  1852). 

(10)  Clementina*  Scott  (b.  1814),  mar.  (1832)  Thomas 
James  (b.  1807,  d.  1834),  brother  of  Lorenzo.  Lssue: 
Clara  Lee,®  mar.  (1853)  Origen  S.  Jewett  (b.  1822), 
of  Dlobile. 

(11)  Emily  V.*  Scott  (b.  1818),  mar.  Charles  T.  Bollard,  of 
DIontgomerv,  Ala.  Issue:  Bettie,®  mar.  Hr.  Paul  C. 


164 


The  Baytoj)  Family. 


Lee  and  had  Virginia  S.,“  Eebecca,®  Joseph  P.,®  and 
Clara  V.;®  Joseph,®  C.  S.  A.,  killed  in  battle;  Charles 
T.,®  Jr.,  mar.  Eebecca  Matthe\vs  Marks  and  had  Mary 
L.,®  Virginia  S.,®  Charles  L.,®  and  Eebecca  M. ;®  Clara 
Vernon,®  mar.  Wm.  E.  Cocke,  and  had  Charles  P.,® 
Philip  St.  George,®  of  New  Orleans;  Paul  Lee,®  Cary 
Hartwell,®  Virginia  S.,®  Clara  Vernon,®  and  Wm.  E.® 

(12)  Eobert  Lindsay*  Scott  (b.  1820,  d.  1852),  mar.  (1841) 
Laura  Ann  (b.  1824)  clan,  of  Dixon  H.  and  Susan  B. 
Lewis,  of  Ala.  Issue:  Eliza  Elliott®  (b.  1844),  mar. 
1865)  Lorenzo  Clarke  Fisher,  and  had  Laura  F.®  (b. 
1869),  Ella  Scott®  (b.  1872),  and  Wm.  Phillips®  (b. 
1875)  ;  Claride  Vernon®  (b.  1848),  mar.  (1870)  Jos. 
Archibald  Eobertson,  and  had  Mary  Pettus®  (b.  1871), 
Eobt.  Scott®  (b.  1872),  Joseph  Archer®  (b.  1874)  ; 
John  Archer,®  d.  y. ;  Eobert  Lindsa}",®  d.  y. 

(13)  William  Bibb*  Scott  (b.  1823),  mar.  Elizabeth  H.,  dan. 
of  Gov.  John  Murphy,  of  Ala.  Issue:  Clara  Viola®  (b. 
1847),  mar.  (1872)  Col.  A.  M.  Shannon,  and  had 
Clara  May,®  and  Alexander;®  James  Edward®  (b.  1851) ; 
Mary  Eliza®  (b.  1853)  ;  Alfred  Vernon®  (b.  1856,  d. 
1868). 


INDEX  TO  CATLETT  PAMPHLET 


INDEX  TO  CATLETTS. 


Abigail.  . 

57 

Ada . 

.  .  .  .46, 

56,  58 

83 

Addie.  .  . 

....29, 

65 

Adam.  .  . 

56 

Addison.  . 

85 

Adelaide. 

78 

Aden.  .  .  . 

58 

Agnes.  .  . 

.25,  32, 

35,  43, 

46 

Albert.  .  . 

....27, 

57,  63, 

81,  86, 

96 

Alcinda.  . 

....78, 

84 

Alexander 

. . .  .50, 

53,  54, 

55,  56, 

58, 

59, 

60,  62, 

64,  67, 

84,  87, 

88 

Alfred.  .  . 

.70,  76, 

78,  81, 

82 

Alice.  .  .  . 

.19,  26, 

27,  35, 

81 

Allie.  .  .  . 

....64, 

91 

Allietta.  . 

....78, 

84 

Amanda. 

....64, 

93 

Ambrose. 

70 

Amelia.  .  . 

....5.3, 

93 

Alsey.  .  .  . 

93 

Anderson. 

54 

Angelina. 
Ann  .  .  .  . 

,21, 

25,  26, 

32,  33, 

38,  41, 

78 

42, 

43,  44, 

4.5,  46, 

51,  54, 

56, 

58,  60, 

61,  77, 

79,  80, 

81, 

82,  84, 

85,  86, 

89 

Annarell, 

33 

Arilda.  .  . 

64 

Arthur.  .  , 

33 

Ashby.  .  . 

.46,  79, 

88 

Anna.  .  .  . 

79 

Avlett.  .  . 

25 

Bailev.  .  . 

64 

Barnes.  .  . 

Basil.  .  .  . 

.56,  57, 

58 

Beatrice  . 

....22, 

95 

Belle.  .  .  . 

.  .  57, 

91 

Benjamin. 

.20,  37, 

45,  58, 

93 

Bessie.  .  . 

.22,  32, 

71 

Betsv.  .  .  . 

95 

Bertha.  .  , 

86 

Blanche.  . 

29 

Boulware. 

29 

Brice.  .  .  . 

....64, 

65 

Bryant.  . 

.  .  .  .76, 

81 

Calmes.  . 

.88,  89, 

90 

Calvin.  .  . 

....87, 

92 

Camille.  . 

80 

Caroline.  . 

95 

Carter.  .  . 

22 

Catherine 

....51, 

61,  65, 

68 

Catlett  Marriages, 


Celia . 

Chandler . 

Charity . 

Charlotte . 

Chloe . 

Charles . 22,  39,  40,  41,  43,  51, 

63,  65,  70,  71,  81, 

Clara . 

Clark . 57, 

Clarence . 

Clariss . 

Clay . 

Colin . 25, 

Cora . 

Corinne . 29,  31,  89, 

Cornelia . 53,  54,  74, 

Custis . 

Daniel . 57, 

David  .  ..  .8,  48,  49,  50,  51,  65,  69, 

73,  76,  78,  79,  82,  83, 

Della . 

Denver . 55, 

Dewey . 

Donald, . 

Don  Piatte . 

Dorothy  .  ...29,  52,  58,  61,  79,  82, 

Earl . 

Edith . 

Edward .  2,  32,  33,  35,  57, 

Edwin . 54, 

Eleanor . 

Ellen . 25,  33, 

Elijah . 53,  56,  78, 

Elisha . 

Eliza . 41,  .52,  .55,  58,  70,  81, 

Elizabeth.  ...  3,  6,  8,  9,  10,  13, 

14,  15,  16,  17,  19,  20,  21,  23, 


24,  28,  29,  32,  33,  34,  .35,  36, 
38,  49,  50,  51,  56,  68,  69,  70, 
71,  74,  76,  81,  83,  90,  92, 

Ella . 

Elmo . 

Emanuel . 

Emily . 

Emma . 32,  51, 

Erskiiie . 

Etta . 

Eudora . 

Eugene . 

Eugenia.  . . 

Eva . 


4 

56 
81 
42 
33 
58 

95 

58 

93 
22 
79 
71 
26 

94 

91 

85 
65 
64 

92 
58 

57 
22 
29 
84 
91 

86 

33 

58 
70 

34 
58 
84 
64 

95 


93 
22 
22 
56 
60 

94 
63 
91 
81 
22 
29 
93 


Index. 


ii 


Evelina.  . 

. . .  .23, 

24, 

67, 

68 

Ezekiel  .  . 

93 

Fairfax.  . 

63 

Fitzhugh. 

23 

Flora.  .  .  . 

28 

Florida.  .  , 

67 

Forest.  .  . 

91 

Foushee.  . 

83, 

84 

Frances.  ^ 

33, 

35, 

44,  46, 

62, 

71, 

81, 

83,  85, 

88, 

90, 

92 

Frank.  .  . 

....37, 

77, 

81, 

86 

Fred.  .  .  . 

,61, 

94 

George  . 

2, 

3, 

21, 

24,  25, 

26, 

27, 

■  28, 

29, 

34, 

36, 

38,  40, 

45, 

46, 

47, 

50, 

51, 

57, 

58,  64, 

75, 

76, 

80, 

81, 

82, 

83,  88, 

89, 

90, 

91 

Georgia.  . 

.28, 

82 

Gertrude. 

.22, 

79 

Gilbert.  . 

29 

Grace.  .  . 

67 

Gray.  .  .  . 

65 

Grandison 

. . .  .53, 

64, 

84, 

87 

Hannah.  . 

46 

Hanson.  . 

.60,  63, 

65  - 

■  66, 

86 

Harlen.  . 

94 

Harold.  . 

29 

Harriet.  . 

.25, 

26, 

93 

Harrison. 

64 

Hattie  .  . 

.25, 

82 

Helen.  .  . 

90 

Hemingway. 

89 

Henrietta 

.29, 

39, 

44,  47, 

52, 

53, 

75, 

84,  90, 

93, 

94, 

95 

Henry  .. 

.46, 

47, 

51, 

52,  56, 

62, 

63, 

73, 

75, 

83, 

88,  89, 

90, 

91, 

96 

Hilda.  .  . 

58 

Hill.  .  .  . 

26 

Hillary.  . 

56 

Hiram.  .  . 

29 

Horace.  . 

22 

Floratio.  . 

.52,  59, 

60, 

62, 

88 

Ida.  .  .  . 

.64, 

94 

Irene.  .  . 

95 

58 

Isabella.  , 

00  • 
00  ; 

and 

89 

Jackson  . 

78 

58 

.lames  .  . 

.33. 

,  36, 

,  46,  50, 

,  51, 

,  52, 

56, 

,  57, 

,  58, 

,  63,  64. 

,  65, 

,  66, 

67, 

,  68. 

,  69. 

,  70,  79, 

,  93, 

,  94, 

95 

.lane.  .  .  . 

. 57, 

,  69, 

,  70, 

81 

Jasper . 92,  93,  94 

Jeanne .  79 

Jennie .  34 

Jesse . 51,  52,  74 


Jessie .  94 

John . On  every  page 

Jonathan . 21,  22,  26,  32 

Joseph . 46,  52,  53,  54, 

56,  58,  64,  86,  93 

Joshua .  81 

Judith . 2,  3,  13,  20 

Julian .  22 

Juliette.  .  .  ,  .  80 

Kate .  71 

Katherine .  38 

Kathleen.  ...  . 29  95 

Kemp . 26,  27,  29,  31 

Laborne .  92 

Laina .  91 

Lance .  92 

Landon .  47 

Landora.  .  , . 77,  86 

Laura . 33,  91 

Lavenia . .  74 

Lawrence. . 2,  17,  18,  21,  23, 

26,  27,  28,  30,  32,  94 

Lena .  56- 

Letitia . 44,  50,  82,  88,  90 

Leonard .  56 

Lewis . 33,  77,  79,  82 

Lilian .  79 

Lilly . 57,  71 

Lorena.  .  .  .  . .  57 

Lorenzo.  .  , .  57 

Louisiana .  32 

Louise . 4,  22,  52,  53,  54,  63,  84 

Love .  94 

Lucas.  .  , .  65 

Lncile . 43,  94 

Lucinda .  76 

Lucius . 30,  45 

Lucretia .  82 

Lucy . 22,  25,  29,  41,  71, 

78,  79,  82,  83,  90,  93 

Mabel .  94 

McVea .  95 

Mallory .  79 

Mardonius . 78,  84 

Margaret.  .  ..19,  28,  30,  32,  34,  56, 

58,  69,  71,  78,  79,  82 

Marian . 81,  84,  85,  91 

Maria . 26,  27,  34,  70 

Martha . 18,  36,  38,  41, 

45,  47,  58,  78,  88,  92 

Matilda . 40,  52,  53,  78,  84 

Mary . On  every  page 

Maurice . 22 

Michael .  29 

Mildred . 70,  71 

Minerva . 78,  81 


Index. 


Miriam . G2,  89,  90, 

Morris . 

Museoe . 

Myrtle . 

Nancy . 26,  27,  33,  36,  64,  75, 

Nathaniel . 70, 

Nellie . 29, 

Nicholas . 1,  3,  6,  7,  8, 

12,  13,  48,  55,  69, 
Nimrod . 76, 

Olivia . 65, 

Ojihelia . 

Oren . 

Oscar . 

Otis . 


Pattie . 34,  53,  62,  64,  84, 

Patrick . 10,  24,  32, 


Pauline . 

Payne . . 

Pennington . 

Percy . 

Peter . 49,  50,  51,  52,  53, 

69,  70,  73,  74,  75,  76,  80, 

Philip . 22, 

Phoebe . 

Polly . 

Portia . 

Posey.  , . 


Powell . 44, 

Rachel.  . . 65,  69,  82, 

Rebecca . 18,  19,  58,  91, 

Reuben.'.  .  ..20,  28,  32,  37,  49,  50, 

Richard  ..3,  37,  43,  71,  85,  93,  94, 

Robert . 22,  23,  26,  28,  29,  30, 


32,  43,  49,  50,  51,  52,  53,  56, 

69,  70,  71,  73,  74,  76,  78,  79, 

80,  81,  83,  84,  86,  90,  91,  95, 

Roberta . 

Roland . 

Rosalie . 

Rose . 

Royster . 


Russell . 

Ruth . 22,  57, 

Samuel . 21,  22,  23,  24,  33, 

56,  57,  81,  86, 
Sandy . 


iii 


Sarah . 21,  24,  26,  28,  39,  43, 

56,  57,  63,  64,  75,  76, 

79,  85,  88,  90,  93 

Scott .  86 

Sherman .  58 

Shirley .  29 

Solomon .  58 

Sophie .  30 

Sperry . .’ .  .  .  78,  84 

Stanley .  29 

Stephen .  46 

Sterling .  35 

Stump .  58 

Susan . 20,  33,  63,  74,  90,  93 

Susannah . 7,  48,  50,  64,  65,  83 

Sydney . 77,  84 

Sylvia.  . .  64 

Tabb . 45,  47 

Tamson .  58 

Temple . 45,  47 

Theodora . 30,  93 

Theodosia . 94,  95 

Thomas . 1,  2,  3,  7,  8,  9, 


24,  26,  27,  28,  29,  32,  33,  34, 
3.5,  36,  37,  45,  46,  48,  49,  50, 


52,  64, 

73,  90,  91, 

92 

Ursula . 

57 

Van . 

96 

Viola . 

56 

Virginia.  .  .  . 

31 

Vivian.  .  .  . 

35 

Walter . 

79 

Washington  . 

.23,  54,  92, 

93 

Willard.  .  .  . 

46 

Willfred.  .  .  . 

29 

Willoughby.  . 
William..  7, 

10,  13,  1.5', 

16,  20,  22, 

82 

24,  27,'  34,’  35,’  36,’  47,’  48,’  49,’  50,’ 

52,  55,  56,  57,  58,  65,  66,  69,  73, 

76,  77,  79,  82,  84,  92,  93,  94,  95 


Wilmer.  ...  .  87 

Winston .  71 

Yada .  56 

Zachariah .  57 


91 

22 

22 

79 

93 

71 

91 

73 

81 

93 

86 

29 

58 

22 

87 

35 

87 

57 

79 

29 

88 

29 

57 

39 

29 

92 

91 

86 

93 

92 

95 

96 

62 

29 

34 

58 

95 

22 

74 

93 

88 


IV 


hid  ex. 


NAMES 

Abbey,  Frances . 

William . 

Adams,  Charles . 

George  and  family . 

Addison,  Eliza . 

Aiken,  Capt . 

Alexander,  James . 

Morgan . 

William . 

Allen,  Frank.  .  , . 

Henry . 

Isham  and  family  . 

Thomas . 

Allensworth,  Butler . 

James.., . 

Nancy . 52,  53,  54, 

Alsworth,  Frank  and  family . 


Amis,  Annie . 

Anderson,  Eliza.  .  . . 

Andrews,  Joseph . 

Ash,  Fannie . 

Ashby,  Buckner . 70, 

Lucy . 52,  70, 

Lewis . 70,  76, 

Aten,  Catherine . . .  .  •  • 

Aylett,  W . 21, 

Bacon,  Col . 

Bacon,  Nathaniel . 

Bahlmain,  Alex . 52, 


Bagby,  Eliza. 
Bagby,  Wm.  . 
Bailey,  Frank. 
Nancy. 
Ursula. 
Ball,  Martha. 


Banham,  Rutli . 52, 

Banks,  Cora . 

Florence . 

William . 41, 


Barber,  Amanda . 

Andrew . 

Melvina . 

Sarah.  . . 

Barham,  Eugene,  etc . 

Barringer,  Annie . 

Yvonne . 

Barron,  John.  .  . . 

Bartlett,  Mary . 

Battaile,  Frank . 

John . 8)  9;  1’5, 

Lawrence.  .  . . 

Nicholas . 9, 

Batte,  Moses,  etc . 

Baytop,  Eugenia . 

James . 41,  45, 

Martha . 

Thomas . 


CATLETT. 


Beanhop,  Wm .  56 

Beasley,  Elizabeth .  22 

Bell,  Jesse .  76 

John .  51 

Juliet .  80 

Margaret.  . . .  •  •  •  •  69 

Mary .  70 

Richard .  77 

Berkeley,  Gov.  Wm . 5,  7 

Berry,  Benj .  80 

Fielding,  etc .  34 

Bevans,  John,  etc .  82 

Bibb,  Benj.  ...  .  36 

Bishop,  Wesley .  57 

Blackburn,  Luke .  91 

Blackmore,  James,  etc .  82 

Blackwood,  Wm.,  etc .  83 

Bland,  Beatrice .  95 

Bledsoe,  Eobt .  7 

Booker,  Albert,  etc .  29 


Humphrey  .5,  7,  12,  14,  36,  37 

Margaret .  7 

Mary .  47 

Thomas .  47 

Catherine .  14 

Booten .  72 

Bouldin,  Lewis .  43 

Boulware,  Elizabeth .  29 

Bowers,  Kate .  86 

Bowie,  Catherine .  20 

Charles,  etc .  35 

John . 20,  33 

Bowler,  Francis .  65 

Bowman,  Effie.  ...  .  91 

Louise .  42 

Nathaniel .  42 

Nellie .  42 

Boyd,  Amelia .  76 

Minnie .  31 

Thomas . 31 

Bradford,  Margaret .  76 

Bradley.  Doster .  77 

John .  83 

Julia .  95 

Brady,  Eugene .  28 

Breckenridge,  Bettie .  70 

Brice,  Daniel .  68 

Britt,  Mary .  22 

Brooke,  Lucy .  25 

William  Hill .  25 

Brothers,  Emily .  43 

Brown,  Alex.,  etc .  78 

Eliza .  45 

•Julia .  22 

Martha .  47 


NOT 

60 

60 

58 

29 

42 

68 

80 

22 

33 

33 

80 

79 

58 

53 

52 

84 

30 

69 

28 

47 

46 

77 

76 

77 

60 

26 

65 

8 

75 

26 

26 

86 

66 

56 

20 

74 

44 

44 

45 

76 

76 

76 

91 

30 

78 

78 

7 

31 

33 

18 

9 

31 

56 

45 

46 

46 

47 


Index. 


V 


Brown,  William . 

.  47 

Carter,  Ann  W . 

37 

Sarah . 

. 40,  41 

Charles . 

37 

Bruce,  Charles . 

.  71 

Florence . 

22 

Elizabeth . 

.  71 

Frances . 

63 

Buck,  Charles.  .  . . 

. 7.5,  91 

George . 

49 

John . 

.  75 

Howell . 

93 

Letitia . 

Lucy . 

37 

Mary . 

.  91 

Robert . 

. 10, 

37 

William . 

.  49 

Caruth,  Raymond.  .  . 

68 

Buckner,  Ann . 

.  37 

Cary,  Lulie . 

45 

Alice . 

.  24 

Remus . 

80 

Elizabeth . 

. 9,  24,  35 

William . 

45 

Dolly . 

.  25 

Chadwick,  John . 

60 

Henry . 

.  35 

Chamberlain,  R . ; . . 

61 

Leanna . 

. 70,  77 

Chase,  Florence . 

61 

Lucy . 

Hazel . 

32 

Peter . 

.  35 

Cheatham,  Martha . 

80 

Richard . 

..9,10,17,  22 

Christian,  Paul,  etc . 

31 

Sarah . 

.  37 

Churchill,  Armistead.  .  .  . 

91 

Thomas . 

Thomas . 

91 

65 

William . 

Clay,  Cassius . 

Bullock,  Anne . 

.  10 

Henry . 

59 

James,  etc . 

.  32 

Clark,  Charles . 

28 

Bunyard,  R.  L.,  etc . 

.  79 

Clinton . 

28 

Burgess,  A.  J . 

.  33 

Henry . 

28 

47 

Louise . 

91 

Jasper,  etc . 

Susan . 

28 

Margaret . 

.  78 

Clayton,  John  . 

Q 

Burwell,  Frances . 

.  41 

Clearwater,  John . 

74 

Mary . 

.  41 

Clem,  Jeremiah . 

86 

Robert . 

. 41,  88 

Clevenger,  Mary . 

57 

Busey,  Alfred,  etc.  .  .  . 

.  89 

Cocke,  Eliza . 

32 

Butler,  Rev.  Amory.  .  . 

.  6.  13,  14,  17 

Lucy . 

32 

Catherine . 

William . 

32 

Elizabeth . 

.  15 

Cockev,  Deborah . 

43 

James . 

. 06,  67,  68 

Elizabeth . 

43 

John . 

William . 

43 

Matilda . 

.  68 

Coft'ey,  Marion . 

68 

Nancy . 

.  68 

Susan . 

68 

Coffield,  Eliza . 

76 

Vincent . 

.  68 

Coleman,  .John . 

77 

William . 

Reuben . 

50 

Byrd,  Lewis . 

.  72 

Richard . 

7 

John . 

.  72 

Collier,  Frances . . 

51 

Cabell,  Allie . 

.  76 

Colston,  Mary . 

36 

Cahoon,  Ellen . 

Conwav,  Catlett . 

19 

Caldwell,  James . 

.  63 

Edwin . 

18 

CnlniPSj  Ann . 

_ 51,  52.  88 

Eleanor . 

19 

Dr . 

.  91 

Elizabeth . 

. 18, 

32 

Tsnhplln  ... 

.  90 

Francis . 

.  .  .8,  18, 

32 

Miriam . 

Compton,  Matilda . 

65 

Marquis . 22, 

49,  51,  .54,  91 

Conner,  Lydia . 

43 

Note . 

.  103 

Cooke,  Elizabeth . 

44 

William . 

John . 

44 

Campbell,  Frank . 

.  52 

Thomas . 

41 

John . 

. 52,  82 

Susannah . 

18 

Missouri . 

.  91 

Coombs,  E . 

90 

Cantwell,  Paul . 

.  34 

Cooper,  May . 

83 

Carr,  William,  etc . 

.  28 

Coppage,  Jane . 

oo 

VI 


Index. 


Corbin,  Letitia . 

55 

Dupre,  Louis . 

28 

Covington,  Harold.  .  . 

47 

Durrett,  Eichard . 

Sally . . 

36 

Cox,  John . 

7 

32 

Cravens,  Fannv . 

..40, 

63,  64, 

75 

Du  Val,  Daniel . 

40 

John . 

62 

Crenshaw,  Eussell.  .  .  . 

42 

Echols,  Kate . 

57 

Crews,  Maud . 

Crosby  Caroline . 

89 

Edmonds,  Elias . 

,73, 

74 

21 

Eggleston,  Mary.  .  .  .  , 
Eichard . 

37 

Crouse,  Elias . 

58 

37 

Crowley,  Dolly . 

81 

Eldred,  Cora . 

91 

Samuel . 

80 

Elliott,  John . 

Ellis,  Fanny . 

10 

Crozen,  Jane . 

58 

31 

Culleton,  Leo . 

.  3, 

4 

Enders,  Annie . 

80 

Culpeper,  Louisa.  .  .  . 

04 

Jacob . 

76 

Culver,  Amelia . 

89 

Mary . 

.76, 

80 

John . 

60 

Eubank,  Nellie . 

35 

Cutts,  Adele . 

72 

Evans,  Theo . 

91 

James . 

72 

Evers,  John . 

19 

Ewing,  Andrew . 

43 

Dabnev,  Albert . 

. 46, 

47 

Elva . 

43 

Caroline . 

47 

Cornelius . 

. 46, 

47 

Fairclough,  Eliza.  .  .  . 

29 

Dameron,  G.  W.,  etc.. 

82 

Fairfax,  Ann . 

Bryan . 

63 

Daniel,  Jennie . 

71 

63 

Davies,  Julia . 

45 

Ferdinand.  .  .  . 

63 

Margaret . 

40 

Thomas . 

63 

Eobert . 

12 

Farrow,  Elizabeth.  .  .  , 

.73, 

76 

Samuel . 

40 

Nimrod . 

76 

40 

26 

Davis,  Felix,  etc.  .  .  . 
Mary . 

78 

ElleA . 

26 

80 

Francis . 

26 

Nannie . 

40 

Griffin . 

25 

Eeese,  etc.  .  .  . 

30 

Henry . 

26 

Eose . 

79 

Harriet . 

26 

Thomas . 

41 

Julian . 

26 

Gov.  Westmoreland.., 

. 40, 

41 

Lueile . 

26 

William . 

. 52, 

76 

Mary . 

26 

Dawson,  John . 

15 

Stewart . 

26 

80 

26 

Dean,  Hester . 

03 

William . 

26 

Dews,  Nancy . 

79 

Harwell,  Walter . 

72 

Devier,  Lucy . 

82 

Field,  Ann . 

. 41, 

44, 

47 

William,  etc.  .  . 

. 82, 

83 

John . 

.41, 

45 

Dickerson,  Charles  .  .  . 

60 

Martha . 

44 

Diggs,  Edward . 

34 

Stephen  . 

44 

Sarah . 

34 

Finch,  Phoebe . 

Fitzhugh,  Elizabeth.  . 

.56, 

57 

Dillon,  Steward . 

67 

. 20, 

34, 

37 

Dixon,  .John . 

. 38, 

47 

Henry . 

18 

Mary . 

. 38, 

47 

John . 

18 

Dorman,  Joshua.  ... 

77 

Martha . 

20 

Daugherty,  Emma.  .  . 

30 

William . 

. IS, 

20, 

34 

Eev.  Francis.  .  . 

5 

Fleming,  Alex . 

11, 

12 

Douglass,  Stephen  A. .  . 

72 

Floyd,  Mary . 

.  .32,  33, 

73, 

90 

Dowdell,  James . 

55 

Folkes,  Elben . 

46 

Drake,  Eichard,  etc.. . 

81 

Folly,  Alice . 

79 

Dubose,  D . 

77 

Foote,  Gov . 

28 

Dudley,  Edward.  .  .  .  , 

5 

Frame,  Thos.,  etc.  .  .  . 

62 

Eobert . 

6 

Frank,  Lena . 

80 

Duffinger,  Annie.  .  .  . 

86 

Frazier,  Cash . 

30 

Index. 


vii 


Fry,  C.  F .  83 

Fuller,  Nancy .  93 


Gaines,  Daniel . 14,  17 

Elizabeth . 17,  18 

James . 3,  7 

Margaret .  17 

Gaither,  Elias,  etc .  56 

Galloway,  Robt .  80 

Garnett,  James .  20 

Sarah .  22 

Garrett,  Willie .  91 

Gast,  Robert,  etc .  81 

Gay,  Fanny .  71 

Gerling,  Anna .  30 

Gibbs,  Mr .  48 

Gibson,  Alice.  .  .  ,  . 20,  21 

Catlett .  20 

John . 19,  69 

Jonathan . 9,  10,  20,  69 

Gilbreath,  Middleton,  etc .  56 

Gillett,  Edna .  82 

Glass,  Fannie .  33 

James .  88 

Glasscock,  Lula .  77 

Peter .  77 

Gones,  Archa .  29 

Goodrich,  Thomas .  5 

Goodwin,  .John,  etc .  82 

Gordon,  Armistead . 3,  41 

Thomas,  etc .  41 

Gosney,  Henry .  70 

Jane .  51 

Graham.  S.  T.,  etc .  45 

Gray,  Victoria .  34 

Grayson,  Mary . 10,  18,  19,  57 

Note .  99 

Gregory,  Harriet.  . .  41 

Richard .  40 

Roger .  1^1 

Green,  Charles .  69 

David .  69 

Hector .  69 

•John .  69 

Lilian .  69 

Polly .  69 

Winifred .  69 

Greenhow,  Courtney .  42 

Griffin,  Emma .  95 

Grigsby.  Eunice .  71 

Grone,  .James,  etc .  57 

Grundy,  Felix .  59 

Grymes,  Charles .  15 

JMary .  34 

Peyton,  etc .  71 

Sarah .  15 

Gwathmey,  Ann . 37,  46 

Mary . 37,  46 

Gunter,  Fanny .  69 


Hackney,  Maria . 

47 

Margaret . 

45 

Hadlev,  Martha.  . . 

77 

Moses . 

77 

Hagan,  Mary . 

55 

Hambaugh,  Adam . 

09’ 

84 

Hampton,  Alex . 

62 

Catherine . 

62 

Columbus . 

62 

Frank . 

62 

George . 

.  .  .60, 

61, 

62 

Martha . 

36 

Mary . 

.36, 

62 

Note . 

100 

William,  etc . 

....36, 

60, 

61 

Hamsen,  Helen . 

94 

Hansborouoh,  Roberta.  .  . 

72 

Hanson.  Charity . 

55 

Susannah . 

Harbangh,  Kate . 

57 

Hardy,  Eliza . 

50 

Harlow,  Maud . 

22 

Harmon,  Sallie . 

27 

Harris,  Ca]it . 

68 

Harrison,  Margaret  .  .  .  . 

38 

Hatton,  T^rances . 

36 

Hart,  Isabella . 

69 

Beniamin,  etc.  .  .  . 

34 

Hartman,  Henry . 

86 

Hayermale,  Sarah . 

Hawes,  Samuel . 

23 

Hawkins,  .John . 

17 

Thomas . 

. ", 

.  14, 

17 

TTeath,  Lewis . 

22 

Henderson,  Bessie . 

82 

Samuel . 

52 

Helm,  Isabella . 

90 

William . 

90 

Henberv,  Agatha . 

79 

Henry,  Selina . 

71 

Winston . 

71 

Hei>burn,  Ann . 

61 

Charles . 

61 

Edith . 

61 

Frances . 

61 

Frank . 

61 

.James . 

61 

Margaret . 

61 

William . 

61 

Hill,  Harry,  etc . 

28 

William . 

.  .52, 

63 

Hillver,  Philii) . 

81 

Hinckle,  IMartha.  ,  .  .  .  . 

56 

Hinton,  Robert,  etc . 

79 

Hirshberger,  James.  .  .  . 

79 

Hite,  Hattie . 

91 

.John . 

48 

Hodgson,  Jennie . 

34 

viii  Index. 


Holland,  Peter,  etc.  .  . 

57 

Lafoe,  Kitty . 

22 

Phoebe . 

58 

Lamon,  Dr.  E.  C . 

30 

Hooper,  Isaac . 

28 

John . 

74 

Hord,  David,  etc . 

89 

Lantz,  Clarence.  .  .  ,  .... 

82 

Horr,  Martha.  . . 

78 

Daniel . 

82 

Percy . 

78 

Latten,  E.  H . 

88 

Horne,  Ross,  etc . 

78 

Layton,  Charles . 

78 

Howard,  Walker . 

11 

Felix . 

78 

Hoyle,  Eliza . 

57 

Thomas . 

78 

Hubert,  Beatrice . 

31 

Lawrence,  Richard . 

. 5, 

8 

Huff,  Eliza . 

64 

Lawson,  Richard . 

. 5, 

1? 

Hughes,  Agnes . 

62 

S.  B.,  etc . 

8.5 

Lucy . 

46 

Leayill,  Maria . 

. 54, 

85 

Mary . 

46 

Lee,  Bridget . 

55 

Hulett,  Catherine.  .  .  . 

81 

Lettice . 

56 

Hume,  Margaret . 

.50, 

55 

Martha . 

55 

Hundley,  Nicholas.  .  .  . 

7 

Mildred . 

55 

Hunter,  James . 

84 

Philip . 

55 

Hunton,  Eppa . 

71 

Richard . 

55 

Hussey,  Dr . 

90 

Thomas . 

55 

Hutchinson,  Adelaide.  . 

87 

Lafeyer,  George . 

29 

Hutson,  John . 

34 

Lehue,  Spencer . 

84 

Hyde,  Dorothy . 

41 

Lentz,  Clarence . 

64 

Liberman,  Frank,  etc .... 

82 

Iden,  Charlotte . 

56 

Littell,  Annie . 

31 

Little,  E . 

93 

Jacob,  Alelia . 

76 

Lindsay,  Robert . 

. 10, 

20 

Jackson,  Andrew.  .  .  . 

..59, 

60 

Line,  William,  etc . 

58 

Catlett . 

29 

Long,  Fanny . 

27 

Margaret . 

29 

Gertrude . 

72 

James,  Jessie . 

93 

Myrtle . 

32 

January,  Mary . 

81 

Love,  William . 

28 

Samuel . 

81 

Lowery,  George . 

80 

Johnson,  Eleanor . 

25 

Lucas  Note . 

98 

Mattie . 

79 

Thomas . 

...  1,  7, 

15 

Thomas . 

81 

Lundermann,  Chastien.  .  . 

. 54, 

85 

56 

41 

Jones,  Cary . 

47 

Luttrell,  Elizabeth . 

56 

Catesby . 

.40, 

43 

James . 

. 56, 

58 

Elizabeth . 

22 

Lynch,  Joseph,  etc . 

57 

Fanny . 

42 

Lyon,  Matthew . 

60 

F  . 

93 

Minerva . 

60 

Horace . 

. 42, 

44, 

45 

Mary . 

43 

Madison,  Charlotte . 

33 

Maryus,  etc.  .  .  . 

43 

George  . 

33 

Walter . 

42 

President . 

. 19, 

20 

William . 

40, 

47 

McColgar,  Mary . 

33 

Joyce,  Ann . 

42 

McCormick,  Eliza . 

33 

McCown,  William . 

89 

Kean,  Eudora . 

87 

May . 

89 

Martha . 

89 

McDonald,  Margaret.  .  .  . 

60 

Kemp,  Matthew . 

21 

Mary . 

. 28, 

30 

King,  Allie  T . 

. 52, 

7.3, 

86 

McKnight,  Ann . 

76 

King-man,  Charles.  .  .  . 

46 

Mcllheny,  Margaret . 

34 

Kirby,  William . 

38 

McIntosh,  Bertie.  , . 

30 

Kirk,  Thomas . 

15 

McLaughlin,  John . 

84 

Kirkland,  Alex . 

80 

McPherson,  Chas . 

70 

Kline,  Malyina . 

51 

Nath . 

70 

Krauss,  Blanche . 

88 

Betsy . 

59 

Index. 

i.x 

Major,  Joseph . 

90 

Munford,  John . 

18 

Marv . 

91 

Muir,  Dr . 

63 

Mallory,  Ann . 

.77, 

87 

Nelson,  Fannie . 

42 

Marker,  Kaehel . 

60 

Heber . 

43 

Marpole,  Benj . 

58 

Letitia . 

43 

Marshall,  Ann . 

81 

Lucy . 

43 

Eliza . 

81 

Sally . 

43 

Humphrey . 

81 

Win.  W . 

41 

Jane . 

81 

John . 

81 

Neville,  George . 

49 

Marstellar,  Laura.  .  .  . 

33 

Lucy.  . . 

. 85, 

88 

Martin,  George . 

82 

Susan . 

90 

T\Tasoiiy  CatheriTip  ... 

68 

Newkirk,  -  .  . 

1  1 

Clement . 

86 

Newlin,  Nora . 

29 

Edward . 

(56, 

Newsham,  Edward . 

31 

Evelina . 

.  66, 

67 

Nicholson,  Rosa . 

29 

Marv . 

.67, 

68 

Noland,  Jacob . 

64 

Massie,  Dollie . 

81 

P . 

64 

Mamie . 

78 

Northern,  William . 

52 

Robert . 

78 

Norwood,  Laura . 

22 

Maxwell,  Earnest.  .  .  . 

79 

Thomas . 

79 

Oliver,  Mandy . 

70 

Meeks,  Susanna . 

73 

William . 

85 

Meredith,  Christina.  .  . 

40 

O’Rear,  Benjamin . 

75 

Meriwether,  David.  .  . 

48 

Jeremiah . 

75 

Francis . 

•  8, 

48 

John . 

75 

IMarv . 

•  8, 

48 

Owsley,  Virginia . 

91 

Nicholas . 

48 

Thomas . 

48 

Page,  John . 

,  . .  .  7,  37, 

38 

William . 

48 

Stella . 

88 

Metcalf,  James . 

38 

Thomas,  etc . 

89 

Vernon . 

38 

Parker,  Octavius,  etc . . 

89 

Miehie,  H.  Clay . 

71 

Patch,  Fanny . 

....  54, 

85 

Lizzie . 

71 

Patton,  Elizabeth . 

71 

Miller,  Bessie . 

80 

Farley . 

71 

Clark,  etc . 

31 

John . 

72 

John . 

67 

Mary . 

71 

Marv . 

82 

Pavles,  Polly . 

. 52, 

63 

Shepherd . 

46 

Pavne,  Catherine . 

16 

Moore,  Henry . 

57 

Robert . 

16 

John . 

18 

Ruth . 

85 

Susan . 

45 

Pendleton,  Catherine.  .  .  . 

20 

Vincent . 

67 

Catlett . 

20 

Morgan,  Ann . 

73 

Elizabeth . 

69 

Daniel . 

. 64, 

73, 

83 

Henry . 

69 

Morris,  Ann . 

41 

James . 

. 20, 

26 

Christopher.  .  .  . 

.40, 

41 

Nathaniel . 

69 

Henry . 

40 

Philip . 

69 

Margaret . 

41 

Perkins,  E.  R.,  etc . 

85 

Richard . . 

41 

Fevton,  Lawrence,  etc.  .  . 

71 

William . 

41 

Ferry,  John . 

67 

Morrow,  Emilv . 

75 

Mica  jah . 

19 

George . . 

75 

Mildred . 

30 

Morrison,  lilarv . 

29 

Richard . 

. 19, 

,  68 

Mnrspninn,  Afplviiin.  .  . 

61 

Pierce,  Sarah . 

27 

Moselev,  Edward.  .  .  . 

17 

Fheljis,  Elisha . 

52 

Mary . 

.16, 

17 

Philijis,  Edwin . 

47 

William . 

..  7,  11), 

iG 

48 

Pinner,  Dr.,  etc . 

90 

Mullen,  Minnie . 

79 

Pipes,  Alex . 

30 

X  Index. 


Pinson,  Daniel,  etc .  30 

Place,  John,  etc .  56 

Pollard,  Herman .  25 

Lucy.  . .  25 

Powell,  Elijah,  etc .  46 

Sallie .  91 

Pownall,  Joshua .  64 

Price,  Eobert .  68 

Priest,  Frances . 50,  55 

Prosser,  John . 10,  11 

Puft'enberger,  Mary . 56,  58 

Pullium,  Louis .  28 

Quarles,  John . 21,  26,  56 

Eabb,  Gabriel .  80 

Eavenscroft,  Celice .  79 

Eeece,  Joseph,  etc .  30 

Eichardson,  Emily .  75 

Marcus .  75 

Marquis .  52 

Mary .  90 

William .  90 

Einker,  Peter .  86 

Eitchie,  Henry,  etc .  82 

Eobb,  Ann .  32 

James .  32 

Lucy .  32 

Eoberts,  Ann .  77 

Eobins,  Sally .  42 

William,  etc .  41 

Eobinson,  Benj . 36,  75 

Ida .  81 

M.  A.,  etc .  79 

Sarah .  75 

Eoff,  John.  . .  67 

Eogers,  Ernest,  etc .  44 

Eootes,  Philip .  6 

Eose,  John,  etc .  45 

Eoselle,  Bachel .  69 

Eoss,  Eobert .  44 

Eoudebush,  Lou .  29 

Eowe,  Clarence .  34 

Eo}',  John.  .  , .  17 

Eowzie  Notes .  98 

Edward . 3,  12,  14 


Ealph.  ...  1,  3,  6,  7,  16,.  48 

Sarah  ....  1,  4,  7,  9,  12, 

13,  15,  30,  33,  34,  35,  41,  44 

Eucker,  Adele .  87 

Eud}',  Josie .  80 

Euggles,  Laura .  69 

Eush,  Hannah .  29 

Sale,  Beverley .  26 

Charles .  26 

Latane .  26 

Mary .  26 

Santmyer,  Bettie.  .  86 

Samuel .  88 


Satterfield,  Eeuben.  .  .  . 
Savage,  Alex . 

93 

68 

Sawyer,  Joseph . 

76 

Scarborough,  Edward  .  . 
Schaffer,  Clara . 

, .  .5 

,  8, 

12 

57 

Eobert . 

80 

Schooler,  Nannie . 

35 

Scott,  Edward . 

32 

James . 

r.  ' 

30 

Scource,  John . 

65 

Scruggs,  Gross . 

.65, 

68 

Margaret . 

68 

Stuart . 

69 

Seay,  Pollv . 

27 

Searcy,  Lorena.  . . 

62 

Senseney,  Allie . 

54, 

84, 

85 

Peter . 

.  .52 

,  53 

,  54, 

84 

Settle,  Marv . 

68 

Priscilla . 

68 

Thomas . 

68 

Shackelford,  Lelia . 

45 

Eichard . 

46 

Sarah . 

67 

Shadier,  Edna . 

86 

Shortridge,  George.  .  .  . 

62 

Melinda . 

62 

Skinner,  Judge . 

90 

Fred . 

90 

Simms,  J.  H . 

95 

Simmons,  Isabella.  .  .  . 

55 

Sinclair,  Cora . 

45 

Florence . 

45 

Henry . 

45 

John,  etc . 

44 

Keith . 

47 

Eobert . 

45 

Singleton,  L . 

60 

Virginia . 

76 

Slaughter,  Elizabeth.  .  . 

6 

Frances.. 5,  6,  13, 
Dr.  Joseph . 

14, 

15, 

16, 

26 

31 

Philip . 

77 

William . 

16 

Smith,  Augustine . 

...6, 

,  9, 

10, 

17 

Ad  die . 

80 

Charles . 

19, 

75 

Gregorv . 

32 

Lawrence . 

17, 

21 

Livingston . 

71 

Eobert . 

.5, 

17 

Sowers,  James . 

90 

Spearman,  John.  ...  . . 

11, 

12 

Susannah . 

11, 

12 

Spears,  Luther . 

Sperry,  Margaret . 

68 

53, 

84 

Spink,  Agnes . 

28 

Patrick . 

28 

Spotswood,  Gov . 

10 

Alex . 

70 

Index. 


Staples,  Dudley . 

James,  etc . 

Stark,  Clifford . 

Steams,  Alonzo,  etc . 

Steifjler,  Helen . 

Stephens,  Geo.  W.  . . 

Stevens,  Jesse . 

Stevenson,  Charlotte . 

John . 

William,  etc . 

Stone,  Sarah . 

Stonnell,  Edwin . 

Strother,  William . 

Stroud,  Clarence . 

Stuart,  Mary . 

Kobert . 

Sublette,  James.  .  . . 

Sutton,  Dr . 

Swann,  Margaret . 

Styron,  Lilian . 

Taliaferro,  Agatha . 


Ann . 

Charles . 18, 

Elizabeth . 15, 

Francis . 6,  7,  15,  16, 

Harriet . 

John . 8,  9,  18,  21,  38, 


James . 

Kate . 

Kemp . 

Margaret . 

Mary . 

Patsy . 

Eichard . 9, 

Kobert . 9;  15, 

Sarah . 

William . 15, 

Tappan,  Ann . 

Tardy,  Frank . 

Taylor,  Catlett . 

Gibson . 

James.  . . 

Zachary . 

Teni]de,  Benjamin . 

Thompson,  Elizabeth . . 

■John . 

Samuel . 

Seth.  . . 


William . 16, 

Thornbury,  Elizabeth . 

Thornton,  Alice . 17, 

Charles,  etc . 

Kdward . 

Francis . 9,  17,  18, 

Maria . 

Mary . 

Rowland . 18, 

Sarah . 


xi 


Thruston,  Agnes .  41 

Ann . 40,  41 

Charles . 41,  45 

Martha . ■ .  45 

Mary .  44 

Robert . 40,  41,  44 

Sarah .  45 

Thummill,  W .  61 

Tidwell,  Benj .  64 

Tillotson,  Rachel .  80 

Tilton,  Bertie .  29 

Charles,  etc .  30 

Tompkins,  Christopher . 37,  38 

Todd,  Geo . 10,  20 

Hannah .  68 

Levi .  68 

Toombs,  Lawrence.  .  . .  27 

Kobert .  27 

Tredick,  Fannie .  33 

Trice,  Sidney .  80 

Triplett,  D.  . .  78 

Trotter,  Elias .  56 

Tunstall,  Alex .  36 

Tutt,  Ann . 69,  70 

Archibald.  . .  20 

Benjamin .  69 

Elizabeth .  69 

Underwood,  Elizabeth . 13,  17 

John.  .  . .  47 

Note .  97 

William .  14 

Unger,  Laura .  56 

Upton,  Margaret .  6 

Note .  98 

Valier,  Charles .  79 

Van  Dorn,  Frank  .  30 

Vincent,  John,  etc .  78 

Von  Tress,  John .  80 

Walden,  Mattie.  .  .  , .  80 

Walker,  George .  66 

William .  66 

Wallace,  .Joseph .  67 

Waller,  Benjamin . 40,  44 

Charles,  etc .  42 

.John .  9 

William .  45 

Winifred . 52,  90 

Wallen,  Sarah .  93 

Wallis,  Robert .  41 

Walters,  Lydia .  76 

Walthen,  Susan .  80 

Waring,  Nannie .  46 

Warren,  Frank .  32 

Lucy .  32 


83 

83 

72 

30 

77 

24 

91 

44 

44 

90 

87 

87 

9 

80 

68 

68 

81 

90 

71 

34 

15 

21 

21 

19 

36 

45 

74 

45 

45 

21 

18 

21 

34 

15 

16 

21 

40 

47 

87 

80 

80 

18 

41 

37 

16 

16 

17 

36 

17 

32 

18 

35 

34 

38 

24 

21 

19 

23 


Index. 


xii 

Washington,  Charles . 

George . 

Lawrence . 

Mildred . 

President . 

William,  etc . 

Webb,  Lncins . 

Webre,  Lena . 

Wehrman,  Ettie . 

Weine,  John . 

Weir,  Lizzie . 

Weiss,  Frank . 

Welch,  Sallie . 

Wells,  Eobert . 

West,  Thomas . 40,  41, 

Wheatley,  Eichard . 

Wheeler,  Emma . 

Whitacre,  Lydia . 

Whitfield,  William . 

White,  Caleb . 73,  74, 

Eliza . 

Jacob . 

Nora . 

Eichard . 

Whittington,  Thomas . 

Noah . 

Williams,  Ann . 

Charles . 

James . 

Laura . 

Lewis,  etc . 

Philip . 

Sally . 


Williams,  Van .  58 

Wilson . 44,  45 

William .  72 

Williamson,  William  .  . .  52 

Willis,  Henry .  9 

John .  70 

Kate .  72 

Wilsoii,  Isaac,  etc .  86 

Nellie .  76 

Sallie .  79 

Wimberley,  Abner .  31 

Winn,  Jesse .  35 

Pierce . 35,  43 

Winston,  Eleanor .  34 

Walter.  . .  34 

Winter,  Virginia .  28 

Wood,  Fannie .  46 

John .  44 

Mary .  44 

Eobert .  33 

Woods,  Martha .  94 

Woolfolk,  Edmund .  76 

Eichard.  . .  76 

Eobert .  76 

Wren,  Alverton .  38 

John .  38 

Wright,  James.  .  . .  80 

Wulwur,  Dr.,  etc .  29 

Wynne,  Phoebe .  68 

Zimmerman,  Fred . 27 

Eeubeh .  27 

Sarah .  27 


20 

51 

63 

20 

74 

34 

91 

31 

29 

5 

79 

83 

81 

80 

68 

74 

76 

86 

76 

81 

74 

74 

04 

74 

81 

93 

65 

77 

71 

81 

72 

71 

72 


INDEX  TO  BAYTOP  PAMPHLET. 


RAYTOP  NAMES. 


Ann . 100,  135,  145,  153 

Daniel . 107,  108 

Elizabeth . 113,  114 

Eugenia . 135,  143 

Henrietta . 135,  140 

Indiana . 135,  142 

James . 110,  111,  113,  110,  117, 

125,  128,  129,  131,  135, 

137,  144,  145,  147,  153 

John . 112,  113,  116,  125,  145,  147 

Lucy .  135 


Martha . 135,  140,  145 

Mary . 113,  116,  129,  130 

Kowena . 135,  141 

Sarah . Ill,  113,  117,  118, 

129,  130,  145,  146,  147 

Thomas.  .  ..107,  108,  109,  111,  113, 

117,  123,  124,  125, 

128,  129,  130,  131, 

135,  137,  145,  147 

William . 128,  135,  136,  137,  144 


NA:\[ES  not  BAYTOP. 


Abert,  Maria .  140 

Adams,  George . 100 

Alexander,  David .  109 

Mary .  153 

Allen,  John .  141 

Leila .  141 

Anderson,  Beverley .  116 

Eleanor .  121 

John .  136 

Mathew .  125 

Samuel .  126 

William . 121,  142 

Archer,  Thomas.  . . 145,  146 

Armistead,  Gill . 146,  147 

Susan . 146,  147 

William .  162 

Bagbj',  Emeline .  115 

Ballard,  . .  159 

Banks,  Cora .  143 

Florence .  143 

.Tames .  147 

Thomas .  143 

William .  143 

Barton,  Clarence .  114 

John .  154 

Lindslay .  114 

Thruston .  114 

William.  .  114 

Bates  Family .  107 

Beckham,  Mattie .  157 

Bell,  Annie .  139 

Dr  .T.  D.,  etc .  159 

Mary .  157 

Belcher,  Burton,  etc .  142 

Berkeley,  Edmund .  108 

Berry,  William .  110 


Bethel,  Lida . 

142 

Bibb,  Gov.  Thomas.  .  . 

.1.55, 

162 

Gov.  William.  . 

155 

Mary . 

162 

Billups,  Ruth . 

154 

Bigges  Family . 

107 

Blackburn,  Gov . 

no 

Roger,  etc.  .  .  . 

.111, 

112 

Blair,  Elizabeth.  .  .  . 

137 

Henry . 

137 

Bland,  William,  etc... 

.120, 

130 

Boh  a  non,  Amanda.  .  . 

157 

Bolling,  Thomas.  .  .  . 

154 

Bonner,  Lunnie . 

139 

Booth,  Mrs.  .Tohn.  .  .  . 

122 

George  .  .  .  109, 

117, 

118, 

119, 

123 

Sarah . 

123 

Booth,  Thomas . 

109 

113, 

117, 

147 

Catherine.  .  .  . 

119 

Fanny . 

118 

Boswell,  Ballard.  .  .  . 

136 

Burden,  Charles,  etc.. 

158 

Bouldin,  Thomas.  .  .  . 

155 

Bower,  Edward,  etc.. 

163 

Boykin,  Burwell,  etc. 

163 

.James,  etc.  .  . 
Robert,  etc.  .  . 

162 

162 

Bridges,  Robinson.  .  . 

116 

Broaddus,  Dabney.  .  , 

140 

Genette . 

140 

.John . 

140 

Lettie . 

.114, 

140 

Martha . 

140 

Brown,  Junius . 

.119, 

120 

William . 

120 

XIV 


Index. 


Buckner,  Ann . 109,  113 

Thomas .  109 

Burnet,  Gilbert .  120 

■\Villiam .  120 

Burruss,  Mary .  160 

John  and  Elizabeth  .  100 

John  W.,  etc .  160 

Burton,  Simon . HO,  122 


Caffee,  Mary . 

Campbell,  Lucy . 

Mary . 

Pompey . 

Thomas,  etc.  .  . 
Whittaker.  .  .  . 

Cary,  Archibald . 

Belle . 

Clara . 

Effie . 

Eliza . 

Edward . 

Gill.  ...  . 

Gilla . 

John . 

Judith . 

Lelia . 

Lucy . 

Martha . 

Miles . 

Nathaniel.  .  .  . 

Eichard . 

Eobert . 

Sarah . 

Susan . 

William . 

Carhart,  I.  W.,  etc.. . 
Carrington,  Wm.,  etc, 

Mary . 

Carter,  Ann . 

Charles . 

James . 

John . 

Judith . 

Thomas . 

Eobert . 

Cassady,  John  . 

Catesby,  Mark . 

Catlett,  Eliza . 

James . 

John . 

Lucy . 

Hannah . 

Chappel,  Mrs . 

Chapman,  Catherine. 
Chamberlain,  Bessie. 
Chancellor,  Charles.  . 
Chandler,  James.  .  .  . 
Cherry,  America  .  .  . 
Claiborne,  Herbert.  . 


.  117 

.  131 

.  131 

.  131 

. . .  .130,  131 
. . .  .130,  131 

.  146 

.  147 

.  147 

.  147 

.  147 

.  121 

...  146,  147 

.  146 

.  .  .  .146,  147 

.  147 

.  147 

.  121 

.  147 

.  147 

.  147 

.  . .  .146,  147 

.  146 

....  146 

.  146 

.  121 

. . .  159 

.  159 

.  155 

. 130,  160 

. 120,  130 

.  110 

.  no 

....  120 

.  no 

.  no 

.  122 

....  109 

.  130 

. 145,  147 

130,  145,  159 

.  130 

.  122 

....  115 

.  115 

....  159 

.  119 

.  143 

.  156 

.  120 


Clark,  Christopher.  . 
Claj'ton,  Jasper.  .  .  . 
Cobb,  A.  Ward.  .  .  . 
Cocke,  John,  etc.  .  . 

Wm.  E.,  etc.  . 
Coffin,  Jessie.  ...  . . 
Colcock,  Daniel  .  .  . 

Mary . 

Coleman,  Dr.  E . 

Edna . 

Elizabeth.  .  .  . 

Eeuben . 

Collier,  Howard.  .  .  . 

Frances . 

Cooke,  Alfred . 

Ann . 

Augustine.  .  .  . 
Benjamin.  .  .  . 
Catherine.  .  .  . 

Charles . 

Eliza . 

Francis  ..  .  113 
Franklin.  .  .  . 

Giles . 

Hugh . 

.John . 

Lawson . 

Lucy . 

Mary . 

Mordecai  ... 

Eobert . 

Sarah  . 

Susannah. . . . 

Thomas . 

William . 

Corr,  Thomas . 

William,  etc.  .  , 
Cosnahan,  Joseph.  . 

Mary . 

Courtney,  Eobt.  .  .  . 
Cralle,  Eichard.  .  .  . 

Cram,  Daniel . 

Curtis,  Fay . 

Eobert . 


.  156 

.  128 

.  158 

.  156 

.  164 

.  141 

.  138 

.  138 

.  117 

.  135 

. 156,  162 

.  159 

.  142 

.  119 

.  115 

.  114 

.  114 

.  115 

.  114 

.  115 

..no,  114,  115,  147 
,  114,  115,  144,  145 

.  115 

. 116,  144 

.  115 

. 113,  116,  144 

.  115 

. 113,  115 

. 113,  115,  144 

.  .111,  113,  114, 

115,  118,  145 

.  116 

.  .114,  115,  116,  117 

.  114 

. 116,  144,  145 

.  115 

.  120 

.  122 

.  136 

.  136 

. 130,  131 

.  1.54 

.  163 

.  138 

.  130 


Dabney,  Caroline .  135 

John .  154 

Dalgleish,  Alex .  Ill 

John .  Ill 

Davis,  A.  W .  157 

Bertiedean .  141 

Col .  122 

Hugh .  160 

James .  154 

.John .  154 

Lollie .  141 

Eichard .  154 

DicK,  Mary .  144 


Index. 


XV 


Dixon,  John .  144 

Louise .  121 

Doswell,  Catherine .  162 

Lewis .  162 

Susan .  162 

Thomas .  162 

Duffey,  Mary.  . .  141 

Duggan,  Philip .  158 

Dunstan,  Laura .  130 

Durel,  Jehanne .  158 

Sophie .  158 

Dve,  Amanda .  138 

Ann .  13!) 

John .  138 

Lucian .  138 

Martha .  138 

Pattie .  138 

Elmore,  Mary .  163 

Evans,  Corinne .  160 

Everett,  Ann .  115 

Eyres,  Nancy .  159 

Fawcett,  L.  B .  159 

Field,  Charles,  etc .  121 

Fitzhugh,  Alex .  141 

Carter .  141 

Conway .  141 

Eugene .  141 

Francis .  141 

Henry .  141 

James . ; .  141 

Lucv . 140,  141 

Marv . 140,  141 

Nellie .  141 

Rufus . 140,  141 

Stuart .  141 

Thomas .  141 

William .  140 

Virginia .  141 

Fleet,  John .  109 

Foster,  Charles .  139 

Franklin,  Charlotte .  119 

Gaehet,  Dr.  Charles .  162 

Gaillard,  Daniel .  158 

Gaines,  . 159 

Gallo^'ay,  Bishop .  160 

Hattie .  160 

Garden,  Thomas .  155 

Garnett,  Dr.  Algernon .  162 

Garrett,  Isaac .  156 

Garrison,  William .  122 

Gaylord,  L.  W .  158 

Gibert,  Leon,  etc .  158 

Gilchrist,  Theresa .  163 

Gilmer,  Betty.  . .  159 

•lane .  160 

John .  159 


Giuder,  Henry .  160 

Goldthwaite,  Kobt.,  etc .  162 

Goodrich,  Harriet .  160 

Goodrum,  George,  etc .  156 

Gray,  Hezekiah .  161 

John,  etc .  156 

Green,  Ashby .  137 

Carrie .  137 

Pattie .  137 

William . Ill,  137 

Greenlaw,  Edward .  158 

Gregory,  Minor . 138,  143 

Nathan .  143 

Gunter,  Rosa .  163 

Gwathmey,  Temple .  154 

Gwyn,  Charles .  120 

Capt.  Hugh .  131 

Hail,  Conway .  141 

Fairfax .  141 

Fitzhugh .  141 

Leenell .  141 

Lula . 141 

Rufus .  141 

Stevadson .  141 

Hailes,  George .  162 

Hall,  George .  122 

Milly .  163 

Hansford,  Curtis .  137 

Hardy,  Fanny .  119 

Harjnanson,  Mathew .  116 

Harrison,  James .  124 

Hart,  Robert .  120 

Harwell,  Katherine .  158 

Harwoo<l,  Samuel .  156 

William .  114 

Hatch,  E.  D .  115 

Hayv/ood,  Franklin .  115 

Richard.  . .  115 

Healy,  Granville .  120 

Hickman,  Martha .  122 

Hill,  Abraham .  160 

Chamjdon,  etc .  163 

Harriet .  161 

Dr.  .lames .  157 

Malinda .  161 

Miles .  161 

Thomas .  160 

Hockaday,  Martha .  122 

Holden,  Elizabeth .  117 

Hone,  Catherine .  130 

Horselev,  Frank .  114 

liuth .  114 

Hudgins,  Columbia .  146 

Hughes,  Henry, . 116,  117 

James .  HI 

Sarah . 117,  147 

Thacker .  117 

William .  117 


xvi  Index. 


Hunter,  W.  W..  . 

.  Ill 

Irvine,  Eliza.  .  . 

.  157 

William.  . 

.  157 

Jack,  Church.  .  . 

.  157 

Harriet.  . 

.  157 

Margaret. 

.  157 

Patrick.  . 

.  157 

Jackson,  Arthur. 

.  139 

John  .  .  . 

.  139 

Eebeeca.  . 

.  139 

James,  Lorenzo, 

etc.  .  .  , 

.  163 

Mary.  .  .  . 

.  163 

Samuel.  .  , 

.  163 

Thomas.  . 

.  163 

Jemison,  Cash.  . 

Clement.  . 

.  155 

Francis.  . 

.  155 

Sarah.  .  .  , 

.  155 

Thomas.  . 

.  155 

Johnson,  Fanny. 

.  121 

L.  C.  .  .  . 

.  161 

Eose.  .  .  . 

.  114 

Sally.  .  .  . 

.  130 

Johns,  Miss.  .  .  , 

.  159 

Jones,  Ann.  .  .  . 

.  140 

Clara.  .  .  , 

.  140 

Charles.  . 

.  140 

Eliza.  .  .  , 

.  140 

Fitzhugh. 

.  140 

Frederick 

.  140 

Graham.  . 

.  140 

Hill.  .  .  . 

.  131 

India.  .  . 

.  122 

James.  .  . 

.  140 

Jane.  .  .  . 

.  131 

John. .  .  . 

. 122,  125 

Lucy  .  .  . 

.  140 

Maria.  .  . 

.  140 

Martha.  . 

.  140 

Mary.  .  . 

.  140 

Eebecea. 

.  140 

Eichard. 

...  .116,  125,  144 

Eager.  .  . 

.  140 

Eussell.  . 

.  122 

Walker.  . 

.  140 

William, 

etc.  .  . 

.  122 

Kemp,  George.  . 

.  123 

Mathew. 

.  122 

Peter.  .  . 

.  122 

Philip.  . 

.  123 

Solomon. 

.  123 

Thomas  . 

.  123 

Kennard,  John, 

etc.. . . 

.  160 

Kent,  Pearl.  .  . 

.  121 

Kevan,  Fanny. 

.  115 

Key, 

.  162 

Keyser,  William .  123 

Kittrell,  Caroline .  143 

Charles .  143 

Emma .  143 

James .  143 

John .  143 

Mary .  143 

Samuel  .  143 

Kiningham,  John .  125 

Knowles,  Louis .  146 

Knox,  Joel,  etc.  .  . .  162 

Lawson,  Wm.,  etc .  120 

Lee,  Elizabeth .  144 

Dr.  Paul,  etc .  164 

Lewis,  Dixon .  164 

Josephine .  137 

John .  125 

Laura .  164 

Susan .  164 

Lightle,  Ann .  139 

Caroline .  139 

Edward .  139 

James .  139 

Jennie .  139 

Katherine . 139 

Lucy .  139 

Martha .  139 

Mary .  139 

Livingston,  Cornelius.  116,  117,  124,  147 

George .  116 

John . 116,  117 

Samuel .  116 

Sarah . 116,  117,  124 

Susan .  116 

William .  116 

Lowry  Note .  151 

Luce,  B.,  etc.. .  158 

Lyons,  Janies .  118 

Susan. .  118 

Macon,  Mary .  114 

Marks,  Ann . - .  162 

Martha .  162 

Ncholas .  162 

Kebeeca .  162 

Mathews,  Charles . -*•  163 


McAdamas,  Otto  and  Virginia 

McCabe,  Gordon . 

McCan,  Charles,  etc . 

McCandlish,  George . 


Susan .  118 

McGehee,  Abner . 160,  161 

Abraham .  161 

Augusta .  161 

Caroline.  ...  .  161 

Charles .  160 

Cynthia .  160 


McGehee,  Edward . 159 

Ethel . 

Francis . 

George . 

Harriet . 160, 

Harry . 

Hugh . 

Howard . 

Ira . 

James . 159,  160, 

John . 160, 


Kerwin . 

Laura . 

Lucinda . 

Louise . 

Marie . 

Mary . 

Micajah . 159, 

Sarah . 

Schaumberg . 

Scott . 

Stella  ...  . . . 

Stewart . 

Thomas . 

Wilber . 

William . 

McLaughlin,  Sarah . 

McMahon,  Lula . 

Robert . 

McNair,  Lily . 

Stella . 

Marshall,  Agnes . 

Thomas . 118, 

Marston,  Oliver,  etc . 

Martin,  Helen . 

Maui)in,  Chaiunan.  . . . 

Robert . 

IMaxfield,  Virginia . 

Mercer,  Hugh . 

Julia . .' . 

Medlicott,  Eliza . 

Joseph . 

Michaux,  Emily . 

Minson  Archer.  .  . . 

John . 

Mitchell,  Catherine . 

Edward . 

James . 

Williams . 

Montgomery,  Robert . 

Montague,  Bedford . 

Catesby . 

Charles . 

Ellen . 

Helen . 

Jane . 

James . 

Mary . 

Winburn . 


ndex.  xvii 

Mooring,  James,  etc .  157 

Morgan,  Ann .  154 

Francis . 109,  154 

Morris,  Richard,  etc .  154 

Morton, Anderson .  159 

Tazewell .  15.5 

Moseley,  Robert .  155 

Murphy,  Eliza .  164 

Gov.  John .  164 

Murray,  Lucy .  144 

Nelson,  George .  119 

Nesbitt,  Edward .  162 

Newkirk, . 143 

Nixon,  Rebecca .  162 

Odeneal,  Milton .  155 

Oflicers  of  Gloucester  Militia  1775. .  123 

Oliver,  - — .  121 

Alex .  155 

Dionysisus,  etc . . .  160,  161 

Sarah .  121 

Rage,  Mann .  125 

Mathew .  108 

Palmer,  Rose .  120 

Pate,  Elizabeth .  107 

Paul,  Martha .  119 

Pearson,  Mary.  . .  135 

Pell  Family .  107 

Pendleton,  Ann .  116 

Benjamin .  116 

Peniston,  Catherine  and  John .  161 

Percy,  Margaret.  . .  160 

Perrin,  Fanny . i .  121 

William .  125 

Peyton,  Sir  John  . 143,  144 

Philpotts,  Maude .  140 

Piemont,  Eliza .  121 

Pointer,  Indiana .  123 

Pollard,  Chides,  etc .  163 

Porter,  Charles,  etc .  115 

Powers,  Sallie .  115 

Pratt,  John .  109 

Preston,  Thomas .  154 

Provosty,  Eliska .  158 

Prvor,  Christopher .  125 

Luke . 110,  112 

Robert .  110 

Roger . 110,  112 

Samuel .  110 

Purchasers  at  Baytop  Sales .  112 

I’urchasers  of  Lots  in  Glou.  Town.  .  109 

Quarles,  John .  144 

Read,  Priscilla .  119 

Thomas .  119 

Redd,  ^Mary .  153 


/ 

160 

161 

160 

160 

161 

160 

161 

160 

161 

161 

161 

160 

160 

161 

161 

161 

161 

160 

160 

161 

161 

160 

161 

159 

161 

160 

135 

158 

159 

160 

160 

119 

119 

120 

140 

119 

119 

141 

136 

136 

135 

1.35 

155 

145 

145 

121 

116 

116 

121 

154 

142 

142 

142 

142 

143 

145 

145 

143 

142 


Rhodes,  Robert . 

Ring',  Joseph,  etc . 

Roane,  Frank,  etc . 

Major,  etc . 

Thomas . 

Robertson,  Archibald,  etc . 

Robinson,  Christopher . 

Robins,  Emily.  . . 

Fanny . 

Maria . 

Mary . 

Robert . . . 

Rogers,  William . 

Roll  of  Glou.  Artillery.  ..  .132,  133, 

Rootes,  Jacqnelin . 

Philip . 

Sarah . 

Thomas . 

Rose,  Isaac . 

Rouse,  Mabel . 

Rucks,  William,  etc . 

Rudd,  Nannie.  .  . . 

Rush,  David . 

Lucy . 

Sanford,  Wyatt,  etc . 

Saunders,  Ceeley . 

Fleming,  etc.  . . 

Harry . 

James . 

John . 

Mary . 

Sayre,  Philemon,  etc . 


Scott,  Alfred . 162,  163, 

Ann . 155, 

Benjamin . 

Catherine  .155,  157,  158,  159, 

Charles . 155,  157, 

Charlotte . 

Christopher . 157, 

Clara . 

Claride . 

Clementina . 162, 


Clifton . 

Daniel . 

Eliza  .  . .  .155,  159,  162,  163, 

Ellen . 

Elliott . 

Emily . 162, 

Prances  ..155,  157,  158,  159, 

Frank . 155, 

George . 

Henry . 

Isaac . 

James.  .  .  .153,  157,  158,  159, 
161,  162,  163, 
John.  153,  156,  159,  161,  162, 

Joseph . 

Jeanne . 


Scott,  Delia .  163 

Mary  .  .  .  .154,  155,  158,  159, 

161,  162,  163,  164 

Martha . 155,  157,  159 

Micajah .  162 

Patrick .  157 

Rebecca .  161 

Robert . 156,  162,  163,  164 

Ruth .  163 

Samuel . 157,  163 

Sarah . 155,  159 

Susan .  163 

Thomas  ..109,  110,  153,  154, 

155,  157,  159,  162,  163 

Vernon .  163 

William  ..156,  157,  162,  163,  164 

Sehaumberg,  Louise.  .  . .  161 

Shackelford,  George .  122 

Delia .  121 

Dyne .  122 

James .  119 

Richard .  119 

Sarah .  147 

William.  , .  147 

Zachariah . 117 

Serosby,  Elizabeth . 115 

Seddon,  Leah .  118 

Thomas.  . .  118 

Selden,  Courtney .  118 

Shannon,  A.  M.,  etc .  164 

Sharp,  N.  W.,  etc .  158 

Sherman,  William .  120 

Shield,  Robert,  etc .  143 

Semple,  Major  Henry,  etc .  163 

Robert .  166 

Simmons,  Ann .  114 

Sinclair,  Ann .  138 

Blanche .  143 

Caroline . 139 

Cecil .  142 

Christopher .  139 

Christina .  139 

Ed'ward .  142 

Ed'win .  139 

Etta .  142 

Fay .  142 

Fanny .  138 

Frederick .  138 

Georgia .  139 

Henry .  143 

India .  139 

Jack .  139 

James .  139 

Jefferson . 139 

John . 120,  137 

Josephine.  ...  .  139 

Kate .  139 

Lida .  110 

Lizzie .  113 


142 

107 

119 

119 

145 

164 

130 

115 

142 

123 

114 

114 

131 

1.34 

115 

111 

115 

115 

116 

140 

154 

140 

138 

138 

139 

111 

154 

118 

137 

110 

137 

162 

164 

159 

163 

161 

159 

157 

158 

164 

164 

163 

163 

157 

164 

162 

163 

163 

162 

159 

1.55 

159 

159 

164 

163 

155 

157 


Index.  xix 


Sinclair,  Lowry.  .  .  138 

Lucy .  138 

Margaret .  141 

Marshall .  142 

Martha .  138 

Mary .  120 

Maude .  142 

Note .  149 

I’attie .  139 

Eolland .  142 

Kowena .  142 

Robert . 141,  143 

Thomas .  142 

William.  . .  138 

Smith,  Gregory .  113 

John .  110 

Sarah . 110,  118 

Thomas.  . .  113 

Smither,  John .  130 

Leonard,  etc .  122 

William .  130 

Snowden,  S.  H.,  etc .  161 

Sj)encer,  Charlotte . 166 

Mary .  159 

Thomas .  156 

William,  etc .  121 

- ,  etc .  162 

Stanard,  Eliza .  144 

Stewart,  Catherine .  161 

Duncan,  etc .  161 

Strother,  Eliza .  157 

Stubbs,  Albert .  117 

Ann . 136,  162 

Emma .  137 

Elizabeth .  137 

Francis .  137 

James . 135,  161 

Jefferson . 135,  136 

John . 130,  131,  137,  162 

Lucian .  137 

Lucy . 135,  136 

Margaret .  121 

Mary . 135,  136,  137,  162 

Martha .  137 

Rebecca .  135 

Robert .  136 

Samuel .  137 

Susannah .  137 

Thomas . 135,  136 

William . 135,  137,  162 

Taliaferro,  Agnes .  119 

Alex . 119,  129 

Benjamin . 121,  160 

Bernard .  121 

Edward .  118 

Edwin .  118 

Eleanor .  119 

Elizabeth . 117,  120 


Taliaferro,  Ellen .  120 

Francis .  130 

Gahriella .  122 

George . 118,  120,  121 

Hansford.  .  , .  121 

Harriet .  121 

James . 118,  119,  120, 

121,  144,  147 

John  . 117,  118,  121,  122 

Kate .  120 

Lawrence .  117 

Leah . 118,  119 

Lewis .  122 

Lucy .  130 

Margaret . 119,  120 

Martha . 122,  160 

Mary . 118,  119,  120,  122 

Maltida .  119 

Nora .  121 

Philip  .  .117,  118,  119,  120, 

121,  122,  129,  147 

Richard. 117,  118,  119,  121,  147 

Robert . 120,  130 

Sarah . 118,  120,  122 

Sinclair.  . .  120 

Susan .  118 

Thomas . 118,  119,  120,  121 

Warner . 118,  119 

William  .  ...117,  118,  119,  130 

Talley,  Elkanah . 125,  126,  127,  128 

Taylor,  Arthur .  Ill 

George.  . .  110 

Thompson,  Charles .  122 

Eliza .  160 

Hartwell,  etc .  155 

James .  160 

Jane .  160 

Martha .  156 

Rachel .  156 

William .  156 

Thorpe  Family .  107 

Thornton,  Prudence .  110 

Richard .  116 

Sterling .  117 

Throckmorton,  Harriet .  118 

Mary .  118 

Robert . 113,  118 

Warner .  118 

Thruston,  Amelia .  114 

Benjamin .  115 

Charles .  116 

Ellen .  114 

Emanuel . 114,  115 

John . 114,  140 

Mary . 114,  115 

Robert . 114,  115 

Sarah .  115 

Stephen .  115 

William .  114 


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Index. 


Tobin,  John,  etc .  158 

Todd,  Thomas .  118 

Tomkies,  Catherine . 110,  153 

Charles . 109,  110,  112,  153 

Prancis .  110 

Morgan .  125 

Tomlinson,  Eobert .  136 

Toney,  Jane .  158 

Towles,  Kate .  160 

Tucker,  Beverly .  119 

Bland.  .  ! .  119 

Turpin,  Fanny .  115 

Tufts,  Alfred,  etc .  159 

Tyler,  Grace . .  162 

Eobert .  162 

Underwood,  Thomas,  etc .  158 

Urqnhart,  Charles,  etc .  158 

Venable,  Nath .  159 

Waldron,  Ellen .  116 

Ware,  Hughes .  140 

Walker,  Ann .  130 

James .  130 

J.  F.,  etc .  158 

Mary .  154 

Natiian,  etc .  122 

Waller,  Louise. . .  136 

Page .  154 

Eobert .  136 

Walton,  Anne .  157 

John.  . .  160 

Watkins,  Francis,  etc .  157 

Samuel . 159 

Watts,  William,  etc .  159 

Webb,  S.  M .  156 

Wedderburn,  Eliza.  . .  118 

John .  118 

IVellford,  Beverly,  etc .  118 

White,  Alex .  118 

Eliza .  157 

John .  146 


White,  Maunsell .  158 

Shelton . 161 

Sydney,  etc .  158 

Whiting,  Beverly.  .  . .  Ill 

Francis .  113 

John .  144 

Mathew .  144 

Philip .  144 

Note .  150 

Wiatt,  Alex .  142 

Americns .  142 

Clara .  142 

Eleanor .  142 

Fay .  142 

Francis .  142 

Haute . 140,  142 

Helen .  142 

Herbert . 142 

Jack .  142 

Mary .  142 

Maude .  142 

Peter .  125 

Eobert .  142 

William .  142 

Note .  152 

Williams,  Josephine .  116 

Mathew .  155 

Wood,  Eliza .  122 

■John .  125 

Wright,  Maria.^ .  117 

William,  etc . . .  143 

Wyatt,  Ann .  155 

■Tosej)!! .  155 

Sarah .  155 

VariielL  Alice .  141 

Yates,  Bartholomew .  144 

Catherine . 144,  145 

Eliza .  144 

Henry . -.144,  145 

Eaehel.  .  .  .  . 144,' 145 

Yerger,  William.  .  .•'i  154 


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